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Max Handel, 
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An Esoteric Exposition 



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Spiritual Guide 



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Reading the Horoscope. 

with the Arts of PROGRESSION, PREDICTION 
and DIAGNOSIS of DISEASE. 

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Copyright by Max Heindel. 

and Augusta Foss Hei?idel. 1913. 

Introductory 

Having learned to cast a horoscope the next, 
and most important part is to read its message. 
Astrology means "star Logic" and we most seri- 
ously advise the student not to depend too much on 
authorities but to try to understand the basic na- 
ture of each planet, the influence of signs, houses 
and aspects; then by a process of reasoning to 
combine these and thus develope his own intuition 
which will serve him far better than the ability to 
quote like a Poll Parrot what some one else has 
said. 

We would also advise the young Astrologer not 
to bother too much with the personal descriptions^ 
indicated in the horoscope, it is foolish to spend 
hours perhaps to find out, what the one for whom a 
horoscope is cast can see in a moment by looking 
in a glass. We give descriptions of the different 
types, but do so for the purpose of aiding the 
student to determine at sight the probable sign and 
planet rising when a client comes who does not 
know his birth hour. There are people for instance, 
who have the face of a sheep just as perfect as 
possible. If such a one is in doubt about the birth 
hour we would at once look to Aries and experi- 
mentally try how that would fit with the other 
characteristics of that person, if we did so, we 
should probably find our guess correct in every case. 



2 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

Thus also the other signs and planets in signs ex- 
hibit distinguishing characteristics of valuable aid 
to the student in the direction mentioned. 

The student should also endeavor to cultivate 
perfect confidence in the science of Astrology. 
There is nothing empirical about character reading 
and diagnosis, in those respects it is plain as ABC. 
Predictions may fail because the Astrologer is un- 
able to determine the strength of will of the person 
for whom he predicts, but the latent tendencies are 
always accurately foreshown. The writers have 
found that where they do not personally know the 
people whose characters they read, their delinea- 
tions are much deeper and more accurate because 
then personal bias and impressions are absent and 
the mystic scroll of the heavens more easily read. 

Aries, the Ram 

Aries is mythologically represented as a Ram 
and the symbol describes most accurately those 
born under its influence, a pointed and protruding 
sheeplike nose, wide forehead, pointed chin, and the 
resultant triangular face noted in many people, are 
unmistakable indications of their rising sign, light 
brown or reddish tint of the hair is a pronounced 
characteristic of the Aries, the body is slender and 
well formed, if the first of the sign is rising the 
body is shorter, and the complexion darker than 
given by the latter degrees. 

Planets in the rising sign will modify the de- 
scription, however, and the student must use his 
knowledge of the character of the planets in con- 
junction with the description of the Sign. The Sun 
and Mars make the complexion more florid, the 
Moon and Saturn make it paler and darker, Jupiter 
and Venus make the body more portly. Saturn 
shortens, Uranus and Mercury lengthen it. This 
applies to all the signs, but is specially marked when 
a planet rises in the sign it rules. Mars, in Aries 
rising would give fiery red hair and a face full of 



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freckles, the Sun rising in Leo would give a florid 
complexion with flaxen hair, but if Saturn were 
there, instead it would shorten the body and darken 
the hair. 

Aries people are bold, selfconfident and impuls- 
ive ; they aim to lead, dislike to follow, are always 
ready to take the initiative in any movement that 
appeals to them, but often lack persistence to carry 
their projects to a conclusion over serious obstacles. 

The Sun, and Mars the ruler, rising in Aries 
would intensify the above, but as a thorough ex- 
planation has been given under the heading: "The 
intrinsic natures of the Planets, " the student is re- 
ferred thereto, we may mention here however, as 
a peculiarity that Aries people live through fevers 
when others succumb. We have known their hair 
to fall out, and the temperature to remain four 
degrees above maximum for many hours, without 
fatal result. 

Taurus, the Bull 

Taurus is represented by a Bull in the Zodiac, 
and the bodies generated under this sign are usually 
short and stocky. They have a strong neck with 
the bump of Amativeness well developed, large 
lobe of the ear, heavy jaws, full face; nose short 
and stubby. Dark eyes and wavy hair frequently 
give them considerable beauty. The eye of the 
Taurian may never dart bolts of fire such as those 
wherewith the Arian would anihilate his enemies, 
it is softer, but under provocation it becomes sul- 
lenly expressive of the passive resistance where- 
with these people win their battles. It then marks 
the difference between the impulsive Aries and the 
stubborn Taurus. The inner phalange of the thumb 
is large and heavy, the calves well developed and 
the foot chubby. In walking the Taurian usually 
plants his heel first, and heaviest. 

Taurus people are pre-eminently "thorough and 
steadfast" in everything they do : In love, in hate, 



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in work or play, they persist in a given direction, 
and neither reason nor argument will turn them. 
They are verbose and argumentative in defense 
of their actions or opinions; they grasp new ideas 
slowly, with difficulty and conservatively, but once 
comprehended, and espoused, they always remem- 
ber what they have learned and defend their opin- 
ion to the last ditch. 

The Sun rising in Taurus gives an unusually 
fine physique, and accentuates the Taurus pride in 
strength. The Moon, being the planet of fecundity, 
is exalted in this exceedingly fruitful sign; hence 
people with the Moon in Taurus, have large fam- 
ilies, particularly if the configuration is in the Sth 
House, for that designates children. 

Venus, the ruler of Taurus rising in that sign, 
makes the form beautiful as well as strong, it also 
gives artistic ability and musical inspiration. 

Gemini, the Twins 

When Gemini is rising the body generated is 
tall and slender; the arms and limbs are particularly 
long, fingers slender, hair dark, eyes hazel. Gemini 
people are quick, active and alert in all their move- 
ments, habitual resltessness is noticeable in the ex- 
pression of the eye which differs in that respect 
from more fixed tendencies of the eyes of those 
born under the two preceeding signs, although of 
course we do not mean that the Arian always looks 
angry and the Taurian stubborn, nevertheless, there 
is a settled tendency in those directions noticeable 
when these people are not occupied in a certain 
direction, but the Gemini person has an expression 
which is much more vivid, changeable and past 
finding out. They have acutely enquiring minds, 
always want to know the reason why, but often 
lack persistence to follow clews to the end, and 
thus meet disappointment. Being tactful they 
avoid giving offense even under provocation, and 
are therefore generally liked by all ; though their 



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own affections are not deep. Two distinct classes 
are born under this sign, one, too fond of reading, 
should cultivate independent thought, instead of re- 
peating other peoples ideas, or aping their manners ; 
the other is scientific, well balanced and reserved; 
a model for any person. 

The Sun rising in Gemini brings out all the nobl- 
est traits of the sign, it makes the nature more set- 
tled and contented, gives more persistence and a 
particularly healthy and active body. 

Mercury, the ruler, rising in Gemini sharpens 
perception, gives ability as a writer, or speaker, 
but makes the person born with that configuration 
extremely irritable vaccillating, fond of change of 
scene and employment. They are best fitted for 
traveling salesmen. 

Cancer, the Crab 

The chief peculiarities of the crab are a clumsy 
body, slender limbs and powerful claws; people 
born with Cancer rising express them all. They 
have a large upper body, augmented in later years 
by a prominence of the abdomen acquired by over- 
eating. The mandible or lower Jaw is powerfully 
hinged to the cranium, the face is therefore widest 
between the ears, the mouth is also large, and the 
whole construction similar to the crabs claw. The 
face is full, the hair brown, the eyes blue, com- 
plexion pale and sickly, for the Cancer person has 
the least vitality of any. The limbs are extremely 
slender in proportion to the large upper body, so 
the structure appears 'top heavy/ and they walk 
with a "rolling" gait. 

Cancer people are very fond of the home and 
its comforts, they are quiet, reserved and adapt 
themselves to conditions, hence they are easy to 
get along with, their anger is shortlived, and they 
hold no spite. Though lacking in physical prowess, 
they are no hypocrites, but always have the cour- 
age of their convictions, they voice and defend them 



6 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

too. For that reason, though they sometimes win a 
place in public life, they are not successful, particu- 
larly as they ar£ sensitive of personal criticisms. 

The Sun rising in Cancer brings out and accen- 
tuates all the good qualities mentioned above, it 
gives more ambition and pride; also increases the 
vitality, and is a particular boon to people with 
Cancer rising in that respect, on account of their 
very low life force. Cancer, with its ruler the 
Moon, governs the stomach and hence alimentation, 
Leo and its ruler, the Sun, have charge of the heart 
and circulation. If these signs and planets are well 
placed in the horoscope, they conteract most other 
afflictions and a long lease of life is assured, but 
if they are afflicted, much sickness results unless 
intelligent care is applied to modify the omen. 

The Moon, the ruler, rising in Cancer will give 
much instability to the nature, and Jupiter being 
exalted will bring fortune and fame. 

Leo, the Lion 

The Lion is the king of beasts and even in cap- 
tivity is an embodiment of stateliness and pride. 
The typical Leo's of the Zodiac also express pride 
in every movement and stateliness, which will not 
escape attention of the keen observer, the expans- 
ive chest, the massive shoulders, the strong arm and 
the large head contrast considerably with the more 
slender but still muscular under body, and as Aries 
has the sheep face, so the typical Leo has certain 
feline features. The complexion is florid, eyes large 
and full, blue or grayish in color, they express 
laughter, cheerfulness and content. The whole 
frame is well knit and strong, having great endur- 
ance and recuperative power. 

Leo rules the heart, and it is a marked char- 
acteristic that people with Leo rising unafflicted, 
have hearts bigger than their pocketbooks, they 
give generously of their time, money, or knowledge 
without thought of self. If the Sun rises in Leo, 



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this trait becomes almost prodigality, but if Saturn 
is there to afflict instead, he will counteract it so 
that they will either circumscribe their gifts with 
conditions to such an extent that they retain prac- 
tical control, or they will spend their means on 
themselves. 

Leos are honest and faithful ; being children of 
the Daystar, they love light and truth, are above 
subterfuge and aim straight at their object. Their 
will is firm to attain by honorable means. They 
make good orators and hold their audiences by per- 
sonal magnetism. They are very attractive to the 
opposite sex, and the lower nature should be held 
firmly in check, otherwise serious trouble and heart- 
ache may ensue. The French, as a race, are ruled 
by Leo, and afford ample illustration of this point. 

The Sun rising in Leo, unafflicted, gives a body 
of wonderful strength, vitality and recuperative 
power; superior in its wiriness to the body gen- 
erated by the Sun in Taurus; but if Mars afflicts, 
palpitation of the heart will ensue. Saturn will 
cause regurgitation unless care is taken in early 
years to avoid strain. 

Virgo, the Virgin 

People born when Virgo is rising, are above mid- 
dle stature, slender in youth, but with a pronounced 
tendency to prominence of abdomen in later years. 
The upper part of the head is much more developed 
than the lower, the weak chin, showing lack of will 
and the large brain indicating greatness of intellect 
are therefore earmarks of the Virgo. The face is 
thin, the complexion sallow, the hair brown and the 
eyes hazel or grey. The feet are small, the toes 
turn inwards and give these people a peculiar lab- 
ored walk. 

Virgo people are very quick and active in youth, 
they learn with facility, but do not work hard for 
knowledge; they seem to breathe it in without an 
effort. They acquire linguistic and elocutionary 



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powers most readily, are fluent writers but often 
cynical, cold and unforgiving when they have been 
injured. In later years "Health" becomes a disease 
with them, they are extreme in their food, and make 
hygiene a fad; they fancy that they have every im- 
aginable disease, because Virgo is the sixth sign 
and has a certain affinity with the sixth House, de- 
noting Health and Disease. 

It is peculiar, that while the Sun lends vitality, 
and brings out the best in all the other signs, he 
accentuates* this deplorable characteristic in the 
Virgo. 

Mercury, the ruler ,is also exalted here, and 
gives pronouncement of all the good which other- 
wise might be expected from the Sun. 

Libra, the Scales 

Elegance, may be said to express in one word, 
the physical peculiarities of the Libran. The body 
is slender and graceful in youth; it becomes more 
plump as life advances, but even the portliness of 
the Libra body is pleasing. The complexion is 
smooth and clear, eyes are soft and blue with a kind 
expression; the mouth is unusually well formed and 
the teeth particularly fine and even. 

Libra people have extremely strong conjugal af- 
fection, so strong, in fact, that it overshadows all 
other considerations. The Leos love their families; 
but their hearts take in all the world besides, not 
so the Librans, they are ready for any sacrifice to 
give comforts to those in their own immediate home 
circle but they are also prepared to sacrifice anyone 
elses family for their own, if necessary. 

In most other traits the Librans express aptly 
the symbolism of their sign : a pair of scales, and 
their characteristics might be expressed in the word : 
"Changeability." They are people of "moods," be- 
cause Saturn is exalted here and weighs upon the 
mind; the changes are sudden and extreme; they 
may follow a fad with as much zest as if their life 



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depended upon it, and then, without a moments 
warning, drop it and take up something entirely 
opposite; there are no halfway measures in the 
swing of the scales. Being naturally given to 
change, they are most adaptable to circumstances, 
and do not fret over reverses, but set about to 
restore their fortunes with vim and vigor. 

Aries and Libra may be said to be the battle- 
fields of the Sun and Saturn: Life and Death, 
Joy and Sorrow. The Sun is exalted in Aries, and 
vanquishes Saturn; hence the intrepidity of. Aries 
people. In Libra the scales tip the other way, there 
Saturn is exalted, and conquers the Sun; this gives 
a softer tone to the Libran ; whose kindly politeness 
contrasts markedly with the Arians brusque address. 
Venus, the ruler of Libra is not alone responsible 
for this trait, for Taurus people are blunt, though 
Venus rules. Venus rising in Libra gives artistic 
ability, Saturn turns the mind in scientific direc- 
tions. 

Scorpio, the Eagle 

The nose is the most prominent feature of the 
Scorpio; it is large, heavy, and hooked, resembling 
the bill of the eagle; the brows are bushy, the eyes 
sharp and piercing; the jaw is very heavy;, the 
glint of the eye, and the set of the jaw indicate 
the great determination which is the most, promin- 
ent characteristic of the Scorpio. The face is angu- 
lar, complexion murky, and hair dark, with a pe- 
culiar ruddy tinge noticeable when the sun shines 
on it. The teeth are large and subject to early 
decay. The body is short and thickset, with a 
short, thick neck resembling that of the opposite 
sign : Taurus. 

Scorpio people always stand up for their rights, 
and never submit to imposition, though prone to 
ride roughshod over others. They are full of wor- 
ries over things that may happen, but never do, 
and thus make life a burden to those around them. 



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Sarcasm that stings like a scorpion is aye upon the 
tip of their tongue, yet their love is strong, and their 
aspirations lofty. Thus there are two natures strug- 
gling in the Scorpio and they need much sympathy 
and forbearance from their friends. In the hour 
of danger they never flinch; but perform deeds of 
heroism with a disregard of self that amounts to 
foolhardiness ; the mind is sharp, cool and collected, 
therefore Scorpio men make good army officers and 
Ixcel in surgery. The Scorpio woman has a large 
family. 

The Sun in Scorpio accentuates the good traits, 
and gives a love of Mysticism; but Mars, the ruler, 
brings out the worldly side of the sign, it makes 
scoffers and sceptics. 

Saggitarius, the Centaur 

People born with Saggitarius rising are even 
taller than those born under the opposite sign : Gem- 
ini, the men in particular have large hands and feet. 
The size and weight of the bony frame is often too 
much for the ligaments of the spine to support, and 
so these people develop a decided stoop in later 
years. The face is long and well formed, the nose 
well proportioned, dark kindly eyes, with dark chest- 
nut hair. The body is very active, but requires much 
rest, as the recuperative powers are below the 
requisite. 

The symbol of this sign shows that there are 
two widely different classes born therein. One, 
designated by the animal body of the Centaur, is 
frankly in for "a good time," they are sporty, 
soldiers of fortune, of roving proclivities, fond of 
games of chance, and ready to risk their all on the 
turn of a card, the speed of a horse, or a game of 
ball, but while Aries or Scorpio people may become 
pugilists, and Taurus people take up wrestling as 
a profession, the sports of Saggitarius have no ele- 
ment of cruelty in them, sometimes when afflicted 
they may be criminals, their crimes are never vio- 



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lent, however, but rather results of their indulgence 
of the animal nature. 

The other Class is the extreme opposite; sym- 
bolized by the human part of the sign. Here is the 
man rising above the animal nature, bending the 
bow of aspiration and aiming at limitless space; 
signifying the loftiest longings of that immortal 
spark of incipient divinity we call the soul. Law 
abiding, of the highest morals, honored pillars in 
the church; beloved rulers of state, famed for in- 
tegrity, benevolence and justice. 

The Sun rising in this sign is sure to bring pre- 
ferment even to those born in lowly and obscure 
circumstances, and accentuate all good shown in 
the sign; so will Jupiter, the ruler. 

Capricorn, the Goat 

Capricorn rising gives a short, slender, narrow- 
chested body with a thin neck, thin silky dark hair, 
a pale peaked face with small blinking weak eyes. 
The chin pointed and turned upwards, the nose 
pointed and turned downwards, an impediment in 
the speech, informed lower limbs and an awkward 
walk. The vitality is very low, and these children 
are reared with great difficulty, but once infancy is 
past, they exhibit a tenacity that is truly amazing, 
and often become very, very old; they seem to dry 
up into a mass of wrinkled skin and bone that is 
all but imperishable, this, on account of the Saturn 
ray which rules Capricorn. It is noticeable also, 
that all who have that planet prominent in the 
nativity show the before mentioned wrinkling of 
the skin; even though they may retain corpulence 
conferred by other configurations. 

Ambition and Suspicion are ruling characteris- 
tics, an inordinate desire for recognition of their 
claims to superiority and advancement, also sus- 
picion that others are trying to subvert or with- 
hold the coveted prize, are ever with these people. 
It causes them much unnecessary worry ; and may 



12 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

result in habitual melancholy, particularly if Saturn 
is afflicted. They ought to seek amusement out- 
doors, read funny stories and otherwise try to culti- 
vate a sense of the humorous from childhood, for 
this is one of the saddest signs, and needs all pos- 
sible encouragement. 

Capricorn-people are successful in detective 
work, where secret, practices are used to trap 
others; and persistence is required to ferret out a 
mystery; for they never give up. The afflicted 
Capricorn is very revengeful, and if by Mars, may 
shed blood to satisfy a grudge. The Sun rising 
brings out the Justice, Purity and honor of the 
sign makes Captains of Construction such as for- 
ward the great enterprises of the world. 

Aquarius, the Water Bearer 

The stateliness and pride of those born under 
the sign Leo are not missing iri the typical Aquarian, 
but while in the Leo these qualities are of 
a lower, more beastly nature agreeable to the sign, 
they are manly pride and manly stateliness in the 
true Aquarian. Libra generates a beautiful body 
but more effeminate as it were, whereas the 
Aquarian beauty is truly manly or womanly, the fear- 
less eye is kindly and drooping eyelashes are pe- 
culiar to this sign. The forehead is square, and the 
well developed poise tells of intellect, the large 
domed head shows the spiritual side of the nature 
and the chin is sufficiently developed to give pur- 
pose to all actions. Thus the typical Aquarian is 
the highest grade of humanity; but therefore, also 
exceedingly rare, for the variants produced in each 
sign from the typical, by the interposition of one 
or more planets are so different that the type is 
often unrecognizable in the majority of its features. 
Aquarians are most loyal to friends, therefore they 
attract many, keep them through life, and are much 
benefitted by them. Like Capricorn, this sign is 
ruled by Saturn, and he gives to the Aquarian the 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 13 

same retiring nature and tendency to melancholy 
which marks the Capricornian, but also the persist- 
ence in following a given course, and whatever 
financial success comes to these people is the result 
of continued and patient effort; Aquarians are 
very deliberate and longsuffering; they never act 
in a hurry, and therefore seldom have cause to re- 
gret their actions, save when reason has been stilled 
through play upon their sympathies, for under such 
circumstances they are readily imposed upon. The 
love of nature is very strong but they are not as 
demonstrative as the Leo. It is noteworthy that 
the qualities of opposite signs are always reflected : 
Leo in Aquarians, reflects love; Taurus mirrors the 
passion of Scorpio, the Gemini body is a reflex 
of the bony Saggitarius frame, etc. 

Both the Sun and Saturn bring out more prom- 
inently the good traits of Aquarius, for this sign 
where Saturn rules, and Libra, where it is exalted, 
are therefore under its most benign influence. The 
Sun in Aquarius adds much hope and life to the 
nature, and thus counteracts the melancholy trait 
previously mentioned. 

Pisces, the Fishes 

The typical Piscean is short, flabby and fleshy 
with a waddling gait not unlike those born under 
the sign Cancer, but differs from them by having 
a stouter body. The feet are very often turned in 
but larger than those born under Virgo. The body 
is weak and deficient in recuperative force. The 
complexion is medium, the eyes blue, watery and 
expressionless, the nose is large and flat. 

There is a strong tendency to mediumship 
among the Pisces people, and therein is a danger 
greater than any other on earth, no one should 
"sit for development" and degenerate into the tool 
of low spirits, but a Pisces person in particular is 
"lost" if taken control of. They cannot free them- 
selves, neither in this life or the next, because gen- 



14 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

erically inert and devoid of will power. They are 
timid, and even the men are tearful on the slightest 
provocation, they love leisure more than comfort, 
and do not work when not absolutely necessary to 
keep body and soul together, they love change of 
scene, rove about considerably, generally in an aim- 
less manner. Being fond of good things to eat and 
drink, particularly the latter, and lacking will to 
curb their appetite when afflicted, they frequently 
indulge their craving to such an extent that they 
become habitual drunkards. 

The Sun rising in Pisces gives more energy and 
ambition, Jupiter, the ruler, strengthens the morals, 
and Venus exalted in this sign, gives great musical 
talent, but accentuates the tendency to alcoholic 
indulgence, which mars the lives of so many splen- 
did musicians. 

The Intrinsic Nature of the Planets 

The nature of gun powder which causes it to 
explode under certain circumstances is neither good 
nor bad, the quality of its action is determined by 
the way its power is used, when it furthers the wel- 
fare of the community it is called good, and evil 
when used in a manner derogatory to our well 
being, so also with the planets, they are neither 
good nor evil, each has its intrinsic nature and acts 
in a manner consonant therewith save as modified 
by the circumstances under which its powers are 
exerted. When we know the nature of a sign 
and the nature of a planet, we may combine the two, 
and thus obtain the correct reading of the stellar 
script by our own reasoning instead of depending 
upon authorities, for instance, the Sun is hot, full 
of vital force, and exercises an influence that buoys 
us up in a body and spirit, when its rays fall upon 
us with moderate strength, it makes us stronger 
and more cheerful, for there is an atmosphere of 
generosity, out-going love and kindliness in the 
Sun. Thus if the Sun at birth is in the weak sign 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 15 

Cancer, naturally the effect would be to modify the 
constitution described in the foregoing-Jfot of the 
signatures of the signs; the heat of the ^Si would 
give a more florid complexion to the Cancer person, 
the general health and recuperative powers would 
be materially augmented not to speak of the changes 
that would be manifested in the disposition, giving 
more ambition, hopefulness and buoyancy to the 
temperament. Suppose on the other hand, that 
the Sun is in Aries when that sign is rising at the 
birth of a person, then the fire of the Sun, added to 
the fire of the sign Aries, will increase the boldness 
and the intrepidity of the person to such a degree 
that it may become foolhardiness, particularly, if 
Mars, the ruler of Aries, is also there and increases 
the warlike tendencies, those are characteristics, but 
the physical body will also suffer from this excess- 
ive heat, the blood will race through the veins of 
such a person like a Niagara of liquid fire, and 
fevers would be a frequent experience, as the super- 
abundance of vitality burns out the physical case- 
ment. Were the cold, slow and sluggish Saturn 
there instead of the Sun and Mars, he might 
squelch almost all of the Aries characteristics both 
mental and physical. If we consider Aries sym- 
bolized by a stove in which a fire is burning, it 
would make the same difference whether the hot 
Mars, or the cold Saturn, were placed there, as it 
makes a difference whether we pour oil or water 
into the stove. Similarly all the other planets pro- 
duce various results, according to their intrinsic 
natures; and their various combinations. For the 
sake of lucidity, and ready reference, let us first 
set down the word which describes best the most 
salient characteristics of each planet. 

The Sun Life Neptune Divinity 

The Moon.... Fecundation Saturn Obstruction 

Venus Coalition Mars.— Dynamic Energy 

Mercury Reason Uranus Altruism 

Jupiter Idealism 



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After the student has learned the reasons why 
we ascribe the characteristic embodied in the key- 
word to each planet, he may easily reason out its 
effect in any and all cases, and be his own authority 
instead of quoting us or anyone else. 

The Sun 
(Life) 

The Sun, being the center of the solar system 
is recognized by all as the physical lifegiver, even 
when they do not believe in anything superphysical ; 
it is patent to everyone from personal observation, 
that the horizontal ray of the morning sun, affects 
us differently from the perpendicular noonray, and, 
that in summer the rays carry a life force which 
not only brings forth the verdure upon the fields, 
but also affects the human temperament, and en- 
dows us with vital energy, courage and a hopeful 
spirit foreign to the dark and gloomy winter months. 
This gloom is permanently noticeable in the tem- 
perament of people living in the far north, where 
the absence of sunlight makes life a struggle, that 
saps the spirit of frolic, while in countries where 
abundance of sunlight lessens the care of existence 
the temperament is correspondingly vivacious, 
hopeful and sunny. 

In the horoscope, the angle of each planetary 
ray at birth, determines the department in life it 
will affect. If the child is born at the noon hour, 
when the sun is at Zenith, the daystar will appear 
in the 10th house of the horoscope, and bring pre- 
ferment professionally. If the child were born at 
midnight, when the sun is directly under the place 
of birth, its influence would be through the 4th 
House, and it would brighten the old age of the 
child then born. 

There are three unfortunate angles for the sun : 
Children born shortly after sunset have it in the 
sixth House, which indicates sickness, and as the 
sun is lifegiver, this position lessens the vitality 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 17 

and recuperative power. Birth in the middle part 
of the afternoon places the sun in the 8th House. 

This is the house through which the deathdeal- 
ing forces act, and logically, the Lord of Life is 
out of place in the House of death. The 2nd House 
shows what income we obtain by our own efforts, 
and as the 8th House is opposite the 2nd, it reveals 
the sources of revenue for which we do not per- 
sonally exerty ourselves, that is to say: legacies, 
stipends, pensions or grants of a public nature. We 
have known people with the sun in the 8th House 
to acquire vast sums, millions in one case, by specu- 
lation in municipal necessities. Such persons are 
often threatened by death, and sometimes have 
many hairbreadth escapes, but even with the best 
of aspects to the Sun, a ripe age is seldom attained. 

When a child is born shortly after sunrise, the 
Sun is in the 12th House, which is the avenue 
whence we reap our sorrows, and it has been our 
experience that the early life of such a person is 
encompassed by trouble, of one kind or another, 
until progression of the Ascendant brings the Sun 
into the first House, — roughly speaking, one year 
for every degree the Sun is above the Ascendant. 
Poverty, sickness and trouble in the parental home 
attend this configuration, and we have found this 
measure of great. value in determining the true As- 
cendant where the time was not accurately known. 

Saturn 

(Obstruction) 

A fruitful method of acquiring knowledge is by 
comparison of similars and contrast of opposites; 
thus lights and sidelights are brought out, which 
otherwise may escape attention. 

Applying this method to the Sun and Saturn, 
we remember that the key word of the Sun is "Life," 
and at the vernal equinox when the Sun is in Aries, 
the sign of its exaltation, we may readily note the 
powerful effect of the crestwave of vital fluid then 



18 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

poured over the earth, Nature is vibrant with life, 
which races through the forms of all kingdoms and 
endues them with such abundance of vitality, that 
they are compelled to generate in order to take 
care of the overflow; Life manifests as motion; but 
the keynote of Saturn is Obstruction, therefore that 
is the planet of decrepitude and decay, and conse- 
quently, when the Sun is in Libra, the sign of 
Saturn's exaltation, at the fall equinox, Nature is 
tired and ready for its wintry sleep. The human 
frame also is energized by the solar life contained 
in our food, which enters our system through the 
region governed by the Suns exaltation sign: — the 
head, and is eliminated by the activity of the liver 
and kidneys ruled by Saturn and his exaltation sign. 

In youth, when the Sun forces surge through the 
frame a superabundant force sweeps obstructions 
aside, assimilation and excretion balance, but as 
Time goes on, "Chronos" or Saturn accumulates 
obstructions in the organs of excretion, and elimina- 
tion is gradually restricted, the avenues of life are 
dammed up, and decrepitude and decay turn the 
scales of life, (Libra), towards the realm of death. 

Similarly in other departments of life; where 
the Sun makes the social favorite, by imbuing us 
with optimism and a bright sunny smile, Saturn 
makes recluses and sours existence with frowns 
and pessimism ; where the Sun furthers our worldly 
affairs and makes things run smooth, Saturn causes 
provoking delays of the most inexplicable nature; 
all the world seems to conspire to frustrate our 
plans. 

The lash of Saturn is not pleasant, we some- 
times chafe, fret and fume while being thus held in 
leash, but meanwhile we ripen and are more fitted, 
when the obstruction is removed, to have or use 
that which Saturn delayed, for as we develop phys- 
ical muscle by overcoming physical obstacles, so 
we cultivate soul power by the resistance spiritually 
engendered by Saturn, the teaching which he gives 



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may be summed up in the motto : "Patient persist- 
ence in well doing." 

Venus 

(Coalition) 

Coalition is the act or process of drawing to- 
gether separate particles or units, and causing them 
to sink differences and to amalgamate into a united 
whole. Goethe, the inspired seer who wrote the 
novel, "Elective Affinities," there compares the loves 
and hates of atoms to the loves and hates of human 
beings, and he is right, it is the Venus ray which 
unites microbe and man alike; it inspires the beast 
and bird with love for their young, only in smaller 
measure than the mother love which nurtured us 
through helpless infancy. In whatever house Venus 
is located she will exercise an influence tending to 
smooth out difficulties and maintain Harmony and 
Rhythm. Thus in the first House she will aim to 
spread sunshine over the childhoods home, sweeten 
the disposition and make the early life happy. In 
the third House which signifies brothers and sis- 
ters, Venus harmonizes them and you may conclude 
that you have earned this love by kindness in a 
previous Existence. The seventh House being con- 
cerned with marriage, she will fill our life with con- 
jugal love of the tenderest nature, if this is the angle 
of her expression. From the 11th House Venus 
will attract kind friends whose affections we have 
won before, for the horoscope shows what we have 
earned, joy or sorrow, WE have made our "luck," 
the stars only mark the time to reap, as the Sun 
calls the harvestman, and the kindness of friends to- 
day was enlisted yester-life by our helpful acts. 
Nor can we keep friends, life partners or relatives 
in bonds of affection unless we constantly feed the 
fires of love, for no matter how well Venus is placed, 
the planets show only the trend of things, this 
tendency WE have made and WE can also mar it, 
similarly in the other Houses except the House of 



20 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

sorrow, there the smile of love is drowned in tears. 
When Venus ray is afflicted, it curtails the sense of 
beauty and order; hence the person becomes sloth- 
ful, disorderly and lacking in proper self-respect. 
Incapable, because of the affliction, of feeling the 
true love, such persons become perverted and 
licentious; and it is often said of such, "He is his 
own worst enemy." 

Mars 

(Dynamic Energy) 

Power may be latent for milleniums as exempli- 
fied in the coalbeds which are reservoirs of solar 
force, a furnace and engine are required to trans- 
mute and make it available as dynamic energy, but, 
once the sleeping giant has been roused from latency 
to potency it knows no rest or peace till it has 
expended the last ounce of its prodigious strength. 
Under strict control, and carefully guided into chan- 
nels of useful activity, this fiery force is the most 
valuable servant of mankind; the most powerful 
agent in the world's work, an incomparable boon to 
humanity. But if it escapes control the servant 
quickly takes mastery, its inimical power of destruc- 
tion and devastation is then as terrible a scourge, 
as its beneficent use under guidance is an inestim- 
able blessing. It is as precious as it is dangerous, 
eternal vigilance is the price of safety from its rav- 
ages, but without it the world would be a wilder- 
ness. 

Mars, as a focus for the latent solar life, trans- 
mutes it into desire, passion and what we may call 
animal spirits. It is a consuming fire, more danger- 
ous than all the nitroglycerine ever manufactured, 
but also more precious than any other blessing we 
can have or enjoy. 

The Hindoo preacher, nurtured in a land gov- 
erned by Saturn, the planet of obstruction, says : 
"Kill out desire,'' he dreams away his days in desti- 
tution, but as "temper" conserves the edge of the 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 21 

steel that carves its way through all obstructions, 
so the well-directed energetic desires of the martial 
Anglo Saxon has wrought a marvelous transforma- 
tion in the earth, it has reared a civilization beyond 
all which preceded it, and though perhaps brutal in 
many respects, there is promise in that also, accord- 
ing to the proverb: "The greater the sinner, the 
greater the saint." Parents should take a lesson 
from the book of nations and refrain from applying 
the Saturnine wet blanket to the fiery Mars spirit 
of children. Saturn always says don't, don't, his 
aim is to repress and obstruct. A clear fire under 
proper control is useful, but death lurks in the 
smoke and noxious gases of a smothered fire; too 
many don'ts smother legitimate ambition and frus- 
trate ambition and frustrate accomplishment, they 
may drive the hapless victim into ways of evil for 
the dynamic energy of Mars must and will have an 
outlet, so beware. The worst faults of Mars are 
impulsiveness and lack of persistence, but he breeds 
no hypocrites like an afflicted Saturn. 

Mercury 

(Reason) 
As Mars brings the solar life to a focus in desire 
and emotion, so Mercury is the focus through which 
the faculty of reason in the human being, finds ex- 
pression to act as a curb upon the lower nature 
and assist in lifting us from the human to the -di- 
vine. Being the messenger of the Gods, the other 
planets, it has no voice of its own, and is more 
dependent for expression upon the aspects of other 
planets than even the moon, many may and do feel 
deeply, they may also have valuable knowledge, 
but they are unable to give it expression or share it 
with others, for lack of aspects to Mercury. Even a 
so-called evil aspect helps to bring out what is 
within, and what is the result of aspects between 
Mercury and the other planets is easily seen by 
coupling the keywords with a mental attitude. 



22 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

Good aspects to Mars would bring dynamic en- 
ergy to the mind, make it extremely active, quick 
and keen, ready to take the initiative in new proj- 
ects. Evil aspects make an erratic person, a dema- 
gogue, an agitator, and is liable to bring conflict 
with the law, specially if in Taurus or Scorpio, the 
sting of their tongue is as the poison of a serpent. 

Mars may give initiative, and start us precipi- 
tately upon a certain course of action which later 
developments force us to abandon, but where good 
aspects of Saturn and Mercury prevail, forethought 
measures obstructions carefully before launching 
upon any venture, the start may be slow, but once 
a course of action has been decided upon, it is 
certain that the persistence of Saturn will surmount 
all obstacles and carry the matter to a satisfactory 
conclusion. These aspects denote the deep thinker, 
the honest judge, or diplomat, the capable adviser. 
Evil aspects of Saturn and Mercury bring the key- 
note "obstruction" to the front, as ultra conserva- 
tism, narrowmindedness or a tendency to scheme 
how to take undue advantage of others, but while 
the impulsive Mars-Mercury criminal is usually 
caught in the net of the law, the shrewdness and 
underhanded cunning of the Saturn-Mercury of- 
fender almost invariably saves him, he may even be 
a respected member of the community he fleeces. 

Fecundation is the keyword of the Moon, and 
Life is the intrinsic nature of the Sun. Aspects 
from the luminaries to Mercury therefore fertilize 
and enliven the mentality, even the so-called evil 
aspects are better than none. 

The keynote of Venus is Coalition, hence its 
good aspects to Mercury make the clubman, the 
"good fellow" of Bohemian tastes, the artist, musi- 
cian and social entertainer. 

Good aspects of Jupiter and Mercury give a 
kindly, benevolent turn to the mind. Humane 
judges, orators of idealistic nature, business men of 
integrity and all who aim at social and civic ideals. 



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Jupiter 

(Idealism) 

It is said that "Opportunity knocks at every 
man's door," yet we often hear people bewail their 
fate because they "never had a chance." "Saturn" 
is blamed for our misfortunes when we have learned 
to study Astrology, we are so intently on the look 
out for evil that we usually forget to look for the 
good, and thus miss our opportunity. It takes 
Saturn 30 years to go around the horoscope, by 
transit, and form aspects to all planets, but Jupiter, 
the most beneficent influence in the solar system, 
goes around once in eleven years and thus the good 
fortunes which he may bring are at least three times 
as numerous as the misfortunes brought by Saturn's 
evil aspects. 

As a matter af fact, we get from others just 
whaL we give, each is surrounded by a subtle auric 
atmosphere which colors our views of others, and 
the thoughts, ideas and actions of others towards 
us. If we harbor meanness in our hearts, that col- 
ors this atmosphere so that we see meanness in 
others and in their actions towards us, we awaken 
this trait in them, as vibrations from a tuningfork 
starts another of the same pitch to sing. On the 
other hand, if we cultivate the Jupiterian qualities 
of benevolence, his expansive smile, his cordial atti- 
tude of mind, etc., we shall soon feel the response 
in our circle of acquaintances and the beneficent as- 
pect of Jupiter will then have greater effect in mak- 
ing our life and work pleasant. 

Uranus 

(Altruism) 

Love is a much hackneyed word, but when we 
analyse it, that which is so-called is often so tainted 
with passion that it is really a Martial emotion and 
not Venusian. Mother love, which has been ex- 
tolled as the purest aspect of this feelinig, is also 



24 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

to a great extent selfish, for it loves the child to 
evoke a return of the affection, but Altruism is a 
love that embraces all that breathes; an emotion 
such as that felt by the Christ when He wept over 
Jerusalem and bemoaned the fact that they would 
not accept His all enfolding Love. Seeing that 
that is so, we may readily understand that the great 
majority of our humanity cannot yet respond to 
the higher side of Uranus and its effects upon the 
morals are therefore principally perversion of sex, 
clandestine love affairs, free love, and disregard of 
convenionalities. 

When Uranus is well aspected and strong, it 
gives high ideals, far beyond the understanding of 
-the masses; this makes pioneers along progressive 
lines ot thought, such as the Rosicrucian and kind- 
red movements.' On the Asc : he produces what are 
vulgarly termed "freaks" who aim at reform in 
dress, food, etc., totally disregarding commonly ac- 
cepted ideas. 

- Uranus rules the ether, and when with Mercury 
or the Moon it brings the person in intimate touch 
with the electrical forces; it gives intuitive under- 
standing and abhorrence of reason. The effects of 
Uranus are extremely sudden, and as we respond 
most readily to its evil side, these effects are gen- 
erally felt to be disastrous. 

Neptune 

(Divinity 

As Uranus is the octave of Venus and acts prin- 
cipally upon the love nature, aiming to elevate man- 
kind in matters personal and social, so Neptune is 
the octave of Mercury, and altogether spiritual in 
its aims. As. Mercury is Lightbearer of the physical 
Sun, so Neptune is Lightbearer for the spiritual 
Sun, (called Vulcan by the Western Mystics). In- 
tellectuality, ruled by Mercury lifted us above the 
animal and made man man, the Spirituality ruled 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 25 

by Neptune will in time raise us beyond the estate 
of the human and make us divine. 

Neptune really signifies what we may call "the 
gods/' commencing with the supernormal beings 
we know as Elder Brothers, and compassing the in- 
numerable hosts of spiritual entities, good, bad, 
and indifferent, which influence our evolution. Its 
position and aspects denote our relation to them, 
if any; malefic aspects attract agencies of a nature 
inimical to our welfare, benefic configurations draw 
upon the good forces. Thus, if Neptune is placed in 
the 10th House, trine to the ascendant, the per- 
son involved will have the opportunity to become 
a leader or prominent in a movement along mysti- 
cal lines as denoted by the exalted position of 
Neptnue. His body will be capable of receiving the 
finer vibrations, and coming in touch with the spirit- 
ual world, as denoted by the trine of the ascendant. 
On the other hand, when Neptune is placed in the 
12th House, whose nature is passive and productive 
of suffering, that position indicates that at some 
time, perhaps under a square from the midheaven, 
the evil forces, among whom are spirit-controls, will 
be drawn to that person and endeavor to obtain pos- 
session of the body. The conjunction of Neptnue 
with the ascendant will make the body sensitive 
and useable for spiritual purposes, as well as the 
trine. Given the opportunity afforded by the first 
aspect mentioned, the man may become a pupil of 
a mystery school and a factor for great good in the 
uplift of mankind ; placed under the affliction of 
the second aspect, he may become a helpless tool 
of spirit-controls : an irresponsible medium. 

But there is one factor which is never shown 
in the horoscope, and that is the will of the man. 
He is bound at some time in life to meet with the 
experiences denoted by his horoscope, and the op- 
portunity there indicated will be placed before him 
one by one in orderly succession, as the clock of 
destiny marks the appropriate time; but how he, the 



26 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

free and independent spirit, meets that fated ex- 
perience, no one can determine beforehand, and the 
man in whose horoscope the first mentioned benefic 
configuration occurs may not be sufficiently awake 
to the great opportunity before him to catch it on 
the wing, it may have flown before he realizes that 
it was there. Yes, he may never become aware of 
the fact. On the other hand, the person in whose 
life the square indicates the assault by spiritual 
forces mentioned, may develop his spiritual muscle 
by resisting the onslaught and become a victor in- 
stead of being vanquished. Forwarned is forarmed. 
In the foregoing, the essential nature of the 
planets have been given, where they are well as- 
pected by another planet these natural character- 
istics are enhanced so far as the benefic planets are 
concerned, but when evilly aspected, the nature of 
Venus, which is love and rhythm, becomes folly, 
licentiousness and sloth; the philosophy, law-abid- 
ing tendencies, mercy and lofty aspirations of Jupi- 
ter turn into lawlessness, disregard of others, and 
low pursuits; the lofty spirituality of the Sun will 
express itself as just animal spirits and physical 
health. In regard to the planets of the lower nature, 
good aspects of Mars turn the desires toward con- 
structive objects, and well regulated activities, 
while evil aspects are responsible for the destruct- 
ive expression of the desire nature. Saturn, when 
well aspected, gives mechanical and executive ability 
capable of directing the desire nature. It shows the 
brainy, persevering man able to cope with, and 
conquer, material obstacles; the organizer and the 
promoter; the scientific investigator, who follows 
material lines. As Jupiter, well aspected, denotes 
the high-minded philosopher, the worthy law-giver, 
the sincere and ardent priest, in fact, all who have 
high and lofty aspirations, so Saturn, when evilly 
aspected, denotes the narrow-minded, creed-bound 
sectarian, the materialist, the anarchist, and enemies 
of society, whether church or state. As Jupiter 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 27 

gives the lofty, expansive and benevolent mind, so 
Saturn, evilly aspected, gives a sarcastic, concrete 
and narrow tendency. 



DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE. 

Its 

Prevention and Cure 

As the Rosicrucian Fellowship is not concerned 
with fortune telling, we pass indications of suc- 
cess in business, courtship, etc., and devote the re- 
maining space to diagnosis of disease, its preven- 
tion and cure. Parents have an exceptional oppor- 
tunity and may lay up much treasure in heaven by 
judicious care of growing children based upon 
knowledge of the tendencies to disease revealed by 
the horoscope. The writers rely implicitly upon 
this horoscopic testimony, and though, in a few 
cases doubts have been expressed as to the correct- 
ness of our diagnosis, because it varied from that 
of practitioners in personal touch with the patient, 
subsequent developments have invariably vindi- 
cated our judgment and proved the farreaching 
penetration of Astrology which is as much in ad- 
vance of the X-Ray as that is superior to a candle, 
for even though the X-Ray were capable of illum- 
inating the entire body to such an extent that we 
could see each individual cell in activity, it could 
only show the conditions of the body at a given 
moment. But the horoscope shows incipient dis- 
ease from the cradle to the grave, thus it gives 
us ample time to apply the ounce of prevention, 
and maybe escape an illness, or, at least, ameliorate 
its severity when disease has overtaken us, it indi- 
cates to the day when crises are due, thus forwarned 
we may take extra precautionary measures to tide 
over the critical point; it indicates when the inimical 



28 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

influences are waning and fortifies us to bear pres- 
ent suffering with strength born of the knowledge 
that recovery at a specific time is certain. Thus 
Astrology offers help and hope in a manner attain- 
able by no other method; for its scope is wider than 
all other systems, and it penetrates to the very soul 
of Being. 

An Important Warning 

If letters of fire that would burn themselves into 
the consciousness of the reader were obtainable, we 
would spare no effort to procure them for the pur- 
pose of warning students on one particular point 
in connection with the practice of medical Astrol- 
ogy ; it is this: 

Never tell a patient a discouraging fact. 

Never tell them when impending crises are due. 

Never predict sickness at a certain time. 

Never, never predict death. 

It is a grave mistake, almost a crime, to tell 
sick persons anything discouraging, for it robs them 
of strength that should be husbanded with, the ut- 
most care to facilitate recovery, it is also very wrong 
to suggest sickness to a well person, for it focuses 
the mind on a specific disease at a certain time, and 
such a suggestion is liable to cause sickness. It 
is a wellknown fact that many students in medical 
colleges feel the symptoms of every disease they 
study, and suffer greatly, in consequence of auto- 
suggestion, but the idea of impending disease im- 
planted by one in whom the victim has faith is 
much more dangerous ; therefore it behooves the 
medical Astrologer to be very cautious. If you can- 
not say anything encouraging, be silent. 

This warning applies with particular force when 
treating patients having Taurus or Virgo rising or 
the Sun or Moon in those signs. These configura- 
tions predispose the mind to center on disease, often 
in a most unwarranted manner, the Taurus fears 
sickness to an almost insane degree, and prediction 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 29 

of disease is fatal to this nature. The Virgo courts 
disease, in order to gain sympathy, and though pro- 
fessing to long for recovery, they actually delight 
in nursing disease, they beg to know their symp- 
toms, the crises and delight in probing the matter 
to the depths, they will plead ability to stand full 
knowledge and profess that it -will help them; but 
if the practitioner allows himself to be enticed by 
their protestations, and does tell them, they wilt like 
a flower. They are the most difficult people to help 
in any case, and extra care should be taken not to 
aggravate their chances by admissions of the nature 
indicated. 

Besides, though the writers have practiced medi- 
cal Astrology for many years and with astonishing 
success, and though Astrology, as a science, is ab- 
solutely exact and infallible, there remains never- 
theless the chance of mistaken judgment on the part 
of the practitioner and the chance that the person 
whose horoscope he is judging may assert his will 
to such an extent that it overrules the indication in 
the horoscope. He may change his mode of life 
without knowing what would have happened if 
he had gone on as before, and thus he may be in 
no danger at the time when the tendency to sick- 
ness shown by the horoscope arrives, it is cruel to 
unsettle his mind in any case. Naturally, the young 
student would be most liable to make a mistake 
in judgment, but no one is immune, we remember 
a case that came to our notice last year; one of the 
most prominent European Astrologers predicted 
for a client in South Africa that on a certain date 
he would have a severe hemorrhage of the lungs. 
The poor man wrote to us for help, but though 
liability to colds in the lungs was shown, we saw 
no serious trouble at the time predicted, nor has 
hemorrhage been experienced in the year elapsed 
between that time and the present writing. 

Some students have a morbid desire to know the 
time of their own death, and probe into this matter 



30 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

in a most unwarranted manner, for no matter how 
they may seek to deceive themselves, there are 
very few r who have the mental and moral stamina to 
live life in the same manner, if they knew with abso- 
lute certainty that on a certain date their earthly 
existence would be terminated. That is one of the 
points most wisely hidden until we are able to see 
on both sides of the veil, and we do wrong, no 
matter what our ground, to seek to wrest that 
knowledge from the horoscope. 

Moreover, it has been well said that "the doctor 
who prescribes for himself, has a fool for a patient," 
and this applies to diagnosis of one's own horoscope 
with tenfold force, for there we are all biassed, 
either we make too light of conditions, or we take 
them too seriously, particularly if we investigate 
the time and mode of death. We remember a case 
where an intellectual woman, principal of a private 
school in New York, wrote asking for admission 
to our correspondence class, "if we thought it worth 
while, as she was going to die the first week in 
March." She gave us all the aspects upon which 
she based her judgment, and as one of the writers 
had just emerged hale and hearty from similar con- 
figurations, she gave the lady in question a good 
talking to that straightened her out; she told the 
lady she, (the writer), expected to live to a ripe 
age. Now that lady is thinking of a useful life, 
she has learned to forget death. Astrology is too 
sacred to be thus missused ; let the student forget 
about his own horoscope and devote his knowledge 
to help others, then it will aid in accumulating 
treasure in heaven as no other line of spiritual en- 
deavor. 

When a chain is subjected to strain, imperfec- 
tions in any of its links become manifest, and the 
weakest link will break first. Similarly, in the case 
of the body, there are certain inherent weak points 
and these are indicated in the horoscope. From the 
moment of birth we subject the body to a constant 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 31 

strain, and in time the weakness of the various 
points become manifest as disease. The movement 
of the planets after birth measures the time when 
any particular link is liable to break. This motion 
of the planets in the horoscope is called "Progres- 
sion." Study and practice of medical Astrology 
requires knowledge of how to progress the planets 
in the horoscope, and we shall therefore take up 
that subject in connection with the message of the 
stars relative to disease. 

Progression of the Horoscope 

When the Sun rises in the East the day is young 
and the labors allotted to each are still before us. 
Gradually the Sun progresses across the arched 
vault of the Heavens, and marks the time set for 
performance of our various duties, for keeping our 
appointments, for taking nourishment, rest and 
recreation ; and when it has ran its course through 
the day and has ceased to illuminate our sphere of 
action, its absence invites sleep until the dawn of 
a new day shall present opportunities for continua- 
tion of the activities left in abeyance from the pre- 
vious day. If the sun remained stationary in any 
certain point of the sky it would not serve as a 
time marker but as it is, all events of our lives are 
fixed by its progression. 

The horoscope is a chart of the heavens for the 
time when the mystic Sun and Life rises and 
awakes us from the long sleep between two lives, 
and we are born in the physical world, to continue 
the labors of a previous life, to keep the appoint- 
ments there made with friend or foe; to reap the 
joy or bear the sorrow which is the fruitage of our 
former existence on earth, and as progression of 
the Sun marks the changing time of day and year, 
as it ushers in season after season in orderly se- 
quence and changes the appearance of the Great 
World, the Macrocosm, so progression of the horo- 
scope, a veritable "Clock of Destiny, " registers ac- 



32 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

curately when the tendencies, shown by the natal 
horoscope will culminate in events ; it measures the 
periods of prosperity and adversity ; it warns of im- 
pending temptation and tells from what quarter it 
will come, thus aiding us to escape if we will but 
listen to its warning. The natal horosope shows 
unerringly weak points in our character or constitu- 
tion, but the progressed horoscope indicates when 
previous indulgence of harmful habits is scheduled 
to bring sorrow or sickness ; it tells truthfully when 
crises culminates ; thus it warns us to be on the 
alert at critical moments, and fortifies us in the 
darkest hour of calamity, with hope of surcease of 
sorrow and sickness at a definite time, hence the 
importance of knowing how to progress the horo- 
scope. 

But, some may say, if all is thus foreshown, it 
argues an inexorable destiny decreed by divine ca- 
price, what use is there then of striving, or know- 
ing, let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow 
we die. If we were born into this life on earth for 
the first and only time, to live here for a while, and 
then pass away from this sphere, never to return, 
fate and favoritism independent of justice would 
seem to rule. Such cannot be the case, in a world 
where everything else is governed by law, human 
existence must also be reducible to system, and 
we hold that a reasonable solution of the mystery 
of life is given by the Twin Laws of Being: the Law 
of Rebirth and the Law of Causation. 

That which has a beginning must have an end, 
and conversely, that which is without ending can 
never have had a beginning. If the human spirit is 
immortal and cannot die; neither can it be born, 
if it will live to all eternity, it must have lived from 
eternity, there is no escape from this truth ; pre-ex- 
istence must be accepted if immortality is a fact 
in nature. 

In this world, there is no law more plainly ob- 
servable than the law of alternating cycles, which 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 33 

decrees succession of ebb and flood, day and night, 
summer and winter, waking and sleep. Under the 
same law man's life is lived alternately in the phys- 
ical world where he sows seeds of action and gains 
experiences according to his horoscope. These, the 
fruits of existence here, are later assimilated as soul 
powers in the spiritual world, birth and death are 
thus nothing more than gateways from one phase 
of man's life to another, and the life we now live is 
but one of a series. The differences of character, 
nobility or brutality, moral strength or weakness, 
possession of high ideals or low instincts, etc., are 
certain signatures of soul power or soul poverty. 
Finer faculties are the glorious garments of gentle 
souls wrought through many lives in the crucible 
of concrete existence by trial and temptation. They 
shine with a luster which illuminatefs the way and 
makes it easier for others to follow. Coarseness of 
caliber proclaims the young in Life's School, but 
repeated existences here will in due time smoothe 
the rough corners, mellow and make them soulful 
also. 

The horoscope shows this difference in the text- 
ure of the soul and the aspects indicate how the 
soul is ripened by the kaleidoscopic configurations 
of planets in progression, which fan the fires in the 
furnace of affliction to cleanse and purify the soul of 
blemish, or brighten the crown of virtue when vic- 
tory is won, but though the planets show the ten- 
dencies most accurately there is one indeterminable 
factor which is not shown, a veritable astrological 
"x," — the willpower of the man, and upon that rock 
Astrological predictions are ever liable to founder; 
that, at times, is the Waterloo of even the most 
careful and competent astrologer, yet the very fail- 
ure of wellfounded predictions is the blessed assur- 
ance that we are not fated to do thus and so because 
our horoscope shows that at a certain time the 
stellar rays impell us in a given direction. In the 
final analysis we are the arbiters of our destiny, and 



34 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

it is significant, that while it is possible to predict 
for the great majority of mankind with absolute 
certainty that the prediction will be vindicated, be- 
cause they drift along the sea of life directed by the 
current of circumstance, predictions for the striving 
idealist fail in proportion to his spiritual attainment 
to his spiritual attainment of will power which 
rouses him to self assertion and resistance of wrong. 

"Yield not to temptation, 
For yielding is sin." 

says the hymn, temptation comes from the planetary 
ray; but it depends upon us whether we yield and 
reap the harvest of sorrow, or earn the joy of "Him 
that overcometh." A beautiful little poem by an 
author, whose identity we regret to say is unknown 
to us, gives the idea in a most pleasing form : 

"On ship sails East and another sails West, 
With the selfsame winds that blow, 

'Tis the set of the sail, 

And not the gale, 
Which determines the way they go. 

"Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate. 
As we voyage along through Life, 

'Tis the act of the soul 

That determines the goal, 
And not the calm or the strife." 



DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 
AND THE REASON FOR THEM. 

Besides the physical world in which we live, 
move and have our being at the present time, where 
sunshine and rain, storm and snow, heat and cold 
affect our physical being in various ways, a world 
of finer substance permeates the denser matter, and 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 35 

finer forces indigenous to that realm impinge upon 
our souls, as feelings, desires and emotions, because 
the soul is clothed in substance from that world. 
Mystics therefore call this realm in nature the 
Desire World. A still more subtle substance, an 
ocean of Thought, pervades both the Desire World 
and the Physical World, and as the mind is com- 
posed of substance from that region, it senses the 
waves of thought generated by other spirits en- 
dowed with mind. 

Here in the physical world Time and Space are 
prime factors of existence, but in the Desire World 
distance is practically eliminated because spirits 
having dropped the mortal coil travel with the 
speed of lightning, and as spiritual sight pierces 
the densest substance, light there is never ob- 
scured, so there is no night, neither does heat and 
cold affect the soul, hence there is no seasonal 
division either, to mark time as definitely as in the 
physical world. But nevertheless, there is a cer- 
tain sequence of events, and in soulflights from 
place to place on the globe, we sense the nature of 
intervening country in spite of speed, but in the 
World of Thought, to think of a place, is to be there 
instanter, neither is there past nor ftuture, events are 
not separated by time, or places by space, but all 
is one eternal HERE and NOW. 

As the science of Astrology is founded in cosmic 
fact, there are also three stages in the progression 
from incipient events in the World of Thought, to 
accomplished facts in the Physical World, and there 
are two methods of horoscopic progressions pertain- 
ing to the finer realms besides the actual movement 
observable in the Heavens. 

Suppose a pole billions of miles long^ stuck into 
the earth at the Equator, and at right angles to 
the poles, then, as the earth turns upon its axis, the 
end of the pole would describe a circle in the 
heavens; this the Astronomers call the "Celestial 
Equator," and the position of a heavenly body on 



36 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

this line is measured in degrees and minutes of 
"Right Ascension/' from the point where the sun 
crosses the equator at the vernal equinox. This 
axial rotation of the earth brings a new degree to 
the zenith, or Meridian about every four minutes, 
and by the rules of one system of progression we 
may calculate how many degrees of Right Ascen- 
sion come to the Meridian position from birth to 
the formation of a certain aspect. The intervening 
degrees are then converted to time at the rate of 
1 degree = 1 year. 

The other system of progression is founded upon 
the orbital revolution of the earth, but in this sys- 
tem the positions of the planets are expressed in 
degrees of Longitude, and measured on the ecliptic 
or Sun's path, from Aries degrees to Pisces 29. 
The measure of time is the same as in the system 
first mentioned : 1 degree equals 1 year, but there 
is this important difference, that while the earth 
takes only 4 minutes to turn 1 degree upon its 
axis, it requires 24 hours to move 1 degree in its 
orbit. 

Thus, by one system of progression all the as- 
pects that govern events in a life of 60 years would 
be formed in 60X4 minutes, which = 4 hours, or % 
part of a day. 

By the other system, formation of aspects for 
the same period of life would require 60 days, or 2 
months, or % part of a year. 

Thus coming events cast their shadows before, 
but the shadow varies in length according to the 
exaltation of the sphere of life whence it is cast. 

From the sublime height of the World of 
Thought, where all things have their inception in 
the eternal, the progression of events in a life are 
silhouetted upon the screen of Time while the in- 
fant is still upon the threshold of birth, but the 
shadow is so short : 1-360 part of a day being 
equivalent to a year, that an error of 4 minutes in 
the given time of birth would throw predictions out 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 37 

a whole year. Few people know their birth hour 
to the second, therefore this system of progression 
is of little use and little used. 

Shadows of events projected from the denser 
Desire World are longer and more definite ; it does 
not require great delicacy or precision to calculate 
progression at the rate of 1-360 part of a year 
= 1 year. By this method an error of 2 hours in 
the given time of birth would only cause an error 
of 1 month in predictions; this system therefore 
gives universal satisfaction, and is most commonly 
used. In the following pages we shall explain a 
simplified method of this system of prediction, 
whereby mathematical calculation of events for a 
whole life may be performed in one minute by any 
intelligent child that can add and subtract. 

The Adjusted Calculation Date 

When a child is born at 7 A. M., in New York, 
and another at 6 A. M., in Chicago, a third at 1 
P. M., in Berlin, a fourth at 2 P. M., in St. Peters- 
burg, and a fifth at 12 noon in London, the Observa- 
tory clock at Greenwich would point to noon, at the 
exact moment when all these children were born, 
hence though the clocks in their several birthplaces 
s pointed to different hours, the Greenwich Mean 
Time of their births would be identical : — noon. And 
as the planets' places in the ephemeris are calcu- 
lated for Greenwich noon, it would be unnecessary 
to make corrections ; we should simply place each 
planet in the natal horoscopes of these children as 
tabulated in the ephemeris. This would be most 
convenient, but the saving of calculation in a natal 
horoscope where the G. M. T. is noon, fades into 
insignificance before the facility this gives in pro- 
gressing the planets for years subsequent to birth, 
as required to predict events, for in natal horoscopes 
where the G. M. T. is before or after noon, the 
places of the planets must be calculated for each 
year just the same as at birth, but in horoscopes 



38 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS ' 

where the G. M. T. is noon, the lucky person may 
copy the progressed positions of the planets for 
any year of life directly from the ephemeris for the 
year of his birth. 

Unfortunately, most of us have not been born 
at the lucky hour and, if we use the antiquated 
methods of progression, we must spend much val- 
uable time in mathematical work, but there is a 
method whereby a calculation date may be found 
which will admit of copying the planets' places 
into any horoscope in which the adjustment has 
been made. By much hard study we have made 
the rule so simple that a child can make the cor- 
rection, but in order to render the matter thoroughly 
intelligible we will explain further. 

The planets' places in the ephemeri§ are calcu- 
lated for NOON at Greenwich. 

Theorem L 

If the Greenwich Mean Time of birth was 
before noon, it is evident that the planets' places in 
the ephemeris are calculated for a later time and 
also that, as they progress at the rate of a day (of 
24 hours) for a year, they will reach the Longitude 
given in the ephemeris some day within a year 
after birth. 

Theorem II 

If the G. M. T. of birth was after noon, it is 
plainly to be seen that the planets' places in the 
ephemeris for the year of birth are calculated for an 
earlier time than birth, and that the position there 
given corresponds to a certain day in the twelve- 
month before birth. 

Furthermore, if we can find the date in the 
twelvemonth before birth, or after as the case may 
be, when the planets were in the degree and minute 
of Longitude registered in the ephemeris, we may 
use that date as a starting point of calculation in- 
stead of the birthday, and as aspects formed during 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 39 

the travel of the planets from the position given 
on any noon to the noon next following, indicate 
events in the corresponding year, of life, the same 
starting date may be used for any year. There- 
fore, once that adjusted calculation date has been 
found, no further calculation is required to progress 
the planets in that horoscope; they may be simply 
copied from the ephemeris. It is only necessary 
to bear in mind that the horoscope thus erected 
does not apply to the year from birthday to birth- 
day, but from the adjusted calculation date of one 
year to the same date of the next. There are two 
methods of rinding this date; the first is the most 
difficult and not so accurate, but it shows the phil- 
osophy of the correction better than the second 
method, and we therefore give examples of both. 

We will use the figure No. 15 (found in the back 
of the book), which is the horoscope of a lady who 
died of hemorrhages April, 1909, to illustrate how the 
adjusted calculation date is found, but defer descrip- 
tion of the case and its crises. The lady was born 
April 25th, 1872, Lat. 40 N., 80 W. Long, at 1 :30 P. 
M. We first find the G. M. T. by adding to the local 
time of birth 4 minutes for each degree the birth- 
place is west of Greenwich. 

HM 

Local time of birth April 25 1 :30 P. M. 

Correction for 80 degrees West Long. 5 :30 



Greenwich Mean Time of birth April 25. 6 :50 P. M. 
In compliance with Theorem II, we subtract 
from the birthdate April 25, a correction for 6 
hours and 50 minutes which the G. M. T. is after 
noon. The measure of time used in this system is 
as follows : 

24 hours correspond to 12 months 
2 hours correspond to 1 month 
1 hour corresponds to 15 days 
4 minutes correspond to 1 day 



40 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

According to this scale we subtract 

from - April 25, 1872 

Correction for 6 hours — 3 months 
Correction for 50 minutes — 13 days 

3 months, 13 days 



Adjusted Calculation Date January 12th, 1872 

We may however, find the Adjusted Calculation 
date much more accurately and with less labor by 
the following fourfold rule. 

Rule 

(1) Find the interval from G. M. T. to the 
following noon. 

(2) To this interval add the Sidereal Time for 
Greenwich noon on the birthday, as given in the 
ephemeris. The sum of these is the Sidereal Time 
of the Adjusted Calculation Date. 

(3) When the G. M. T. at birth is A. M. count 
forwards in the ephemeris till you find a day having 
the required S. T. that is the Adjusted Calculation 
Date. 

(4) When the G. M. T. at birth is P. M. read 
backwards in the ephemeris till you find the day 
having the required S. T. which designates it as 
the Adjusted Calculation Date. 

We shall use the same example as before to 
demonstrate this method. 

Section 1 directs us to find the interval between 
G. M. T. and the following noon. Please observe 
this, the "following" noon, for all depends upon 
this being accurately understood. 

From April 26 12:00 noon 

Subtract G. M. T April 25 6:50 P.M. 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 41 

Interval from G. M. T. to next noon, 17 hrs 10 min. 

By Section 2 of rule : 
Add S. T. of birthday 

as given in ephemeris 2 hrs, 25 min. 



S. T. of Adjusted Calculation date 19 hours, 25 min. 
By Section 4 of rule : 

As G. M. T. is P. M. we read backwards in the 
column of the ephemeris giving S. T., until we come 
to January 12th, 1872. On that day the S. T. is 
19 hours, 26 minutes, and the Adjusted Calculation 
Date is therefore January 12th, 1872. 

Thus, by both methods we have arrived at 
identical results, but slight discrepancies may ap- 
pear in using the proportional method because that 
makes no allowances for long and short months, 
hence the method last demonstrated is more ac- 
curate as well as easier. If this lady had been 
born two hours later, the Adjusted Calculation Date 
would have been December 12, 1871, and where 
children are born late in the year and early in the 
morning, the Adjusted Calculation Date may run 
into January or February of the New Year. It is 
therefore very important to state the Adjusted Cal- 
culation Date by year also, in this case January 
12, 1872. 

Now, that we have arrived at the point where 
we are -to make use of our A. C. D. to progress the 
lady's horoscope and show how accurately it marks 
the crises, the first application of the date to the 
horoscope is a crucial point, and the student is 
earnestly warned to overlook no word in our de- 
scription so that he may acquire understanding of 
the principle. Once having grasped the point, an 
immense amount of labor will be saved, so it will 
pay to follow our instructions to the letter. 

Write in the margin of your ephemeris for 1872 
opposite the birthday, April 25th, January 12, 1872. 
Opposite April 26 write January 12, 1873. Oppo- 



42 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

site April 27, write January 12, 1874, and so on, as 
shown below. Every day after birth corresponds 
to a certain year of life which starts on the day 
written in the margin, and the planets in line with 
any A. C. D. indicate the events for twejve months 
from that date. 

Jan. 12, 1872 April 25 Jan. 12, 1888 May 11 

Jan. 12, 1873 April 26 Jan. 12, 1898 May 21 

Jan 12, 1874 April 27 Jan. 12, 1908 May 31 

Jan. 12, 1877 April 31 Jan. 12, 1909 June 1 

Jan 12, 1878 May 1 Jan. 12, 1910 June 2 

The motion of the sun and planets from day 
to day is slow, and as we count a day for a year, 
we may liken their progression to the short hand 
on the clock of destiny, they indicate the year when 
a certain condition shown in the natal horoscope 
has ripened, and is ready to manifest as an event. 
The swift moving moon is the long hand ; it marks 
the months when aspects culminate in events. 
Therefore we divide its motion during the year 
commencing with any adjusted calculation date, 
by 12, but for rough figuring we may consider 
the moon's travel in the progressed horoscope one 
degree a month. 

Planetary aspects alone do not operate however, 
an aspect of the progressed Moon or a New Moon 
is required to focus the hidden forces. Therefore 
crises shown by t he planets are sometimes re- 
tarded beyond the time when the aspect culminated 
and we may think we have safely escaped, but the 
first aspect of the Moon which excites it will prove 
that "though the mills of the gods grind slowly, 
they grind exceedingly fine." The finer forces lose 
none of their intensity by. laying latent in natures 
lock-box of events. Sometimes it also happens that 
an aspect of the progressed Moon or a Lunation, 
(New Moon), accelerates an event before it actually 
culminates. Such was the case in the crisis we shall 
now describe. 

Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter were in 21-22 de- 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 43 

grees of Declination at birth; but the effect re- 
mained latent until the year 1902, when the Sun 
reached the same degree. (See ephemeris for 1872 
May 25th, which corresponds to Jan. 12, 1902.) 

The progressed Sun was then in Gemini 4 de- 
grees, 31 min. ; 31 min., short of an exact opposition 
to the Moon's place at birth : Saggitarius 5 de- 
grees 2 min. 

But the progressed Moon on the A. C. D. Jan. 
12, 1902, was in Capricorn 9 degrees 27 min., (see 
ephemeris for 1872, May 25), and traveling at the 
rate of one degree per month it reached the place 
of Saturn at birth: Capricorn 11 degrees, 15 min- 
utes, in March, 1902. There it excited the parallels 
of the Sun, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter, also the 
opposition of the Sun and Moon, so that the lady 
was taken seriously ill with the disease which 
ended her life 7 years later. 

We shall next see what brought about the lady's 
final illness in the latter part of July, 1908, and 
terminated life in April, 1909. We copy the planets' 
places from the ephemeris for 1872, June 1st, into 
the outer ring of the natal horoscope, for the plan- 
ets on that day correspond to the adjusted calcula- 
tion date January 12, 1909, but progress the Moon 
from the adjusted calculation dates January 12, 1908 
and January 12, 1909, (represented by May 31 and 
June 1 in the 1872 ephemeris), to show what critical 
places she traversed, and the crises thus marked. 

If we subtract the Moon's Long, on a given day 
from its place on the following day, the difference 
is its motion during the 24 hours intervening, which 
correspond to a year of life in progression, and 
division by 12, gives us its rate of monthly travel. 
Moon's place on A. C. D. Jan. 12, 1909. 

(June 1 in ephemeris for 1872) Aries 17.34 

Moon's place on A. C. D. Jan. 12, 1908. 

(May 31 in ephemeris for 1872) Aries 4.23 



Moon's travel from Jan, '08 to Jan. '09 13.11 



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Moon's monthly travel is l-12th of the above: 
1 degree 6 min. This we add to its place for each 
month as shown in the following table : 

Aries 

1908 DM Sept. 12 13.11 

Jan. 12 ' 4.23 Oct. 12 14.17 

Feb. 12 5.29 Nov. 12 15.23 

Mch. 12 6.35 Dec. 12 16.29 

Apr. 12 7.41 1909 

May 12 8.47 Jan. 12 17.34 

June 12 9.53 Feb. 12 18.39 

July 12 10.59 Mch. 12 19.44 

Aug. 12 12. 5 Apr. 12 20.49 

By comparing this table with the horoscope, we 
note 3 aspects in 1908, and 1 in 1909, all from the 
House of death. 

(1) The Moon in Saggitarius at birth gives the 
"Wanderlust," but if means are lacking, and health 
none too good, — the lady also had St. Vitus dance 
as a child, when the Moon progressed to conjunc- 
tion of Neptnue and squared Uranus, — and the 
Moon, at birth, is cooped up in the 4th House : the 
home, such desires cannot easily be realized. When 
the Moon progressed into the 8th House, — which 
brings gifts and legacies also, and cast a trine to its 
place at birth in February, 1908, it improved the 
health, brought a gift from a brother, and caused 
the lady to travel. 

(2) In July, 1908, the Moon squared Saturn at 
birth and excited his natal parallel to Uranus and 
Jupiter. This brought an illness, as violent as it 
was sudden, which forced the lady to abandon fur- 
ther travel and return home, had it not been for the 
sextile of the progressed Sun results must have 
been fatal. We shall explain the nature of the ill- 
ness and its astrological indications when we deal 
with diagnosis, at present we are only concerned 
to show how time is measured in connection with 
events. 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 45 

(3) In October, 1908, the Moon progressed to 
conjunction of Venus in the natal chart. This, for 
a time, alleviated suffering to some extent, but you 
will note that from the time of the first violent at- 
tack in July, 1908, to the end of life, April, '09, the 
progressed Moon squared the degrees between Sat- 
urn's place at birth and his progressed position for 
1909, as shown in the outer ring of the horoscope. 
This made the beneficent action of Venus less 
potent. 

(4) In April, '09, the progressed Moon squared 
the natal positions of Jupiter and Uranus, also the 
progressed position of Saturn. This inimical force 
from the house of death, the 8th, ended life. 

Transits 

The progressed positions of planets are the prin- 
cipal significators of events, but their transitory po- 
sitions in the space at the actual time of events 
strengthen or weaken effects of aspects in the pro- 
gressed horoscope, according to whether they are 
akin in nature or not. The New Moons are particu- 
larly potent. These so-called "Transits" are seen in 
the ephemeris for the actual year of events. 

If the student has ephemerides for 1908 and 1909, 
he may see that in July, 1908, when the lady was 
taken ill Saturn was in Aries 10, within 1 degree 
of a conjunction of the progressed Moon and also 
within 1 degree of a square to his place at birth in 
this chart. Thus he aggravated conditions. 

The New Moon, April 1st, 1909, was in 11 de- 
grees of Aries exactly square to Saturn's place at 
birth, and Uranus was conjunct the progressed Sat- 
urn and square the progressed Moon. Thus all 
stellar influences bearing upon this lady united to 
terminate life in the body. 



46 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

HOW TO FIND THE NEW MOON 

Among the points in Astrology which bother 
the new beginner, is how to find the new Moon, 
the full Moon, Lunations, when the Moon is in- 
creasing in light or decreasing. Astrological works 
frequently use these expressions when tabulating 
the effects of various configurations. But so far 
as we know, no explanation has been given else- 
where, and we trust the following may make the 
subject clear to students. 

Each Month the Moon comes into conjunction 
with the Sun, and this conjunction of the luminaries 
is called a lunation or new Moon. After the con- 
junction or new Moon, she may be seen in the 
western sky close to the horizon as a tiny crescent, 
day by day the lighted surface grows larger, at the 
time of the opposition to the Sun she has increased 
her light to the fullest capacity, and at that time we 
speak of her as a full Moon; she then rises in the 
eastern sky at the same time as the Sun sets in 
the West. From that time for another fortnight 
it will be observed that she rises later and later 
in the night, at the same time the illuminated part 
of her disc decreases until just before the next con- 
junction or new Moon, early risers may observe her 
in the eastern sky just before sunrise as a tiny cres- 
cent upon the vault of heaven. Thus the Moon is 
increasing in light from the time of its conjunction 
or new Moon to the opposition, or full Moon, and 
from the full Moon to the next new Moon it is 
decreasing in light. The time when these periods 
commence are shown in Raphael's Ephemeris for 
each year and each month. The student will notice 
in the lower section of the right hand pages in 
Raphael's Ephemeris a column entitled Lunar As- 
pects. At the head of that column are the symbols 
of the various planets, and below each the aspects 
which the Moon makes to that planet are tabulated. 
For illustration we refer the student to the page 
for August, 1909, given in Simplified Scientific As- 
trology. Directly below the symbol of the Sun, and 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 47 

in line with the Planets places for the first of 
August; we note the sign of opposition. Thus we 
see that on the first of August, 1909, it was full 
Moon. The Moon then commenced to decrease in 
light until the 15th of August, on that day the con- 
junction sign under the Sun shows the lunar aspect 
which we know as a new Moon; from the 15th of 
August, until the 31st, the Moon was again increas- 
ing in light, for the opposition sign in the Sun's 
column of lunar aspects shows that there was full 
Moon also on the 31st of August, 1909; thus there 
were two full Moons and one new Moon in that 
Month, which is a somewhat rare phenomenon. 

If the student wishes to know where a new 
Moon or full Moon falls in the Zodiac, he may 
obtain the degree by looking in the column of the 
Sun's Longitude tabulated on the left hand page of 
the Ephemeris, next to the Sidereal Time of each 
day. In the illustrations we have just used, we see 
that on the first of August, 1909, the longitude of 
the Sun was 8 degrees and 33 minutes of Leo; as 
the full Moon which occurred upon that day is in 
opposition to the Sun, it is evident that the full 
Moon was in 8 degrees and 33 minutes of Aquarius. 
On the 31st of August the Sun's longitude was 7.24 
of Virgo, the full Moon on that day was, therefore, 
7.24 of Pisces. On the 15th of August, 1909, the 
Sun was in 21.59 of Leo, and as a lunation is a 
conjunction of the Sun and Moon, naturally the new 
Moon was in 21.59 of Leo. Thus by looking at the 
column of the Sun's longitude on the left hand page 
of the Ephemeris and the Lunar Aspects on the 
right hand page, the student may determine ac- 
curately the points of conjunction or opposition 
called new and full Moons. 

Progression of the Angles 

Besides the progression of planets which we 
trust has been satisfactorily elucidated, we must 
also note a similar forward movement of the houses, 
but these must be calculated by the same method 



48 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

as when casting a natal figure, save that. we use the 
Sidereal time for the day which corresponds to the 
year for which we wish to progress the horoscope. 
In relation to the lady's horoscope we have studied, 
the critical year is 1909, and June 1 in the ephemeris 
for 1872 corresponds. We bear in mind that birth 
occurred at 1 :30 P. M., in Lat. 40 N. Long. 80 W., 
for these factors are used in placing the degrees on 
the houses just as in the natal chart, the only change 
is using the S. T. of the progressed birthday. 

H M S 
S. T. at noon previous to progressed birth- 
day, 1909, (see phemeris for 1872 June L.4 41 6 
Corr of 10 sec. for each 15 degrees birthplace 

place is West of Greenwich 55 

Interval from previous noon to birth 1 30 

Corr of 10 sec. per hour of interval 15 

Sidereal Time of progressed birth -6 12 16 

With this S. T. we turn to the Tables of Houses 
for the Latitude of birth, and may erect a horoscope 
with 12 Houses in the usual manner, we may fur- 
ther insert the planets' places on the A. C. D. for 
1909, then we shall have a complete separate horo- 
scope for the year, which we may compare with 
the natal chart. Some Astrologers use that method, 
but we advise another, which we think facilitates 
comparison and judgment of aspects between the 
natal and progressed position of the planets in a 
degree unattainable by any other system ; it is illus- 
trated in the various figures used in this book. 

We write the natal chart in ink, as that is un- 
changed during life, we also draw a large circle 
outside it, to contain the progressed position of the 
planets. These, and the houses we write in their 
proper places, but lightly, and with pencil, so that 
they may be easily erased and the horoscope erected 
i or another year without necessity of rewriting the 
natal chart. 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 49 

But no matter how placed, two full horoscopes 
with 24 houses, 18 planets, a couple of dragons 
] leads, each with its respective "tail," and two parts 
of fortunes, makes quite a "maze," and if the full 
galaxy of aspects: including biquintiles, sesquiquad- 
lates and other highsounding nonsensicals are to 
be figured out the astrologer will surely so lose him- 
< elf in the mathematical labyrinth that he will be 
unable to read a syllable of the message of the stars. 
During the first year of his astrological study, one 
of the writers being originally of a mathematical 
turn, had the habit of constructing figures, and 
tables of aspects, so fearfully and wonderfully made 
that they beat the proverbial "Chinese puzzle," they 
were veritable "Gordian Knots," and the destiny of 
a human being was so tangled in each, that neither 
the writei who had concocted the abomination, nor 
anyone else could ever hope to disentangle the poor 
soul involved. May he be forgiven, he has mended 
his ways, and is now just as zealous to eliminate 
all nonessentials from the horoscope, but having 
been enmeshed in the maze of mathematics, his ex- 
perience should serve as a warning. Our minds, 
at best, are but feeble instruments to fathom fate 
and surely we shall have the greatest chance of suc- 
cess by applying our science to the most important 
factors, and these are usually the simplest. 

If this be granted, the question presents itself : 
What are the essentials and what may be eliminated 
with advantage to clear the progressed horoscope 
of useless, befogging elements? 

First, with regard to the progressed houses, only 
two vital points produce results when aspected : 
the Midheaven, which is spiritual in nature, and the 
Ascendant, which is a significator in material mat- 
ters. We shall treat that subject later, for the pres- 
ent we confine ourselves to the argument that it will 
facilitate judgment of the progressed horoscope if 
we leave the ten unessential cusps out, and draw 



50 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

two dotted lines with pencil to mark the progressed 
Midheaven and Ascendant. 

In the second place, the student may readily con- 
vince himself by looking through the columns of 
any ephemeris, that the motion of Neptnue, Uranus, 
Saturn and Jupiter, during the two months which 
represent progression for a life of 60 years, is so 
slow, that they seldom form an aspect not reg- 
istered in the natal chart. In rare cases where an 
important aspect is formed, the fact is easily seen, 
and the planet should then be entered in the outer 
ring of the progressed horoscope, but in the great 
majority of cases it is better to leave these planets 
out, and enter only the progressed positions of the 
Sun, Moon, Mars, Venus and Mercury. 

Transits of Neptnue, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter 
are important, and when the student has become 
familiar with th$ mysteries of the progressed horo- 
scope, but not before, he may profitably write the 
ephemeral position of these planets outside the pro- 
gressed horoscope and watch their effect, also the 
aspects of the New Moons. But be sure, at first, to 
keep the progressed horoscope down to first prin- 
ciples, for fancy aspects are "the stuff dreams are 
made of," the warp and woof of astrological ro- 
mances which fade away into moonshine and leave 
the Astrologer discomfited. It is comparatively 
easy to wield the shuttle of imagination with natal, 
progressed and transiting planets, each set with its 
corresponding houses, and a multitude of aspects to 
chose from, but simple judgment based upon the 
prime essentials of a horoscope is almost invariably 
justified by events. 

In conclusion of our treatment of the method of 
Progression, two important points must be men- 
tioned : The Midheaven at a given Sidereal Time 
is the same for all Latitudes, so that two children 
born at the same S. T. would have the same sign 
and degree on the M. C, but if one were born in 
Alaska, and the other in Mexico, the Asc would 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 51 

vary much and change the grouping of planets in 
the houses very considerably, with the further re- 
sult that planets which influence the first house af- 
fairs in one horoscope affect 12th House matters in 
the other, etc. Thus the lives of these people would 
be very different. 

The same argument applies to the progressed 
horoscope of a person traveling North or South 
from his birthplace. His progressed M. C. remains 
unchanged, but he receives the forces from a differ- 
ent ascending degree, according to the Latitude 
where he resides, and the grouping of planets rela- 
tive to the progressed Ascendant varies accordingly. 
As examples we may state that both writers have 
left their birthplace, one traveled 2000 miles West, 
but is close to the same Latitude as her birthplace, 
hence both her M. C. and Asc are the same as if she 
had remained in her native city. 

The other writer was born in Lat. 56 N., and 
now lives in Lat. 32 ; had he remained in the far 
North, his progressed Asc, would now be Virgo 6, 
exactly conjunct to Mars' place at birth, but the 
Asc of his new home is Virgo degrees, and in 
this Lat. he will not feel the effect of the Mars 
ray for a number of years. 

The other important point we had in mind is 
the necessity of being definite in regard to the year 
for which we progress; perhaps a client tells us 
that a certain event occurred when he was 26, and 
another in his 50th year. Such statements are am- 
biguous, and give no safe working basis. The As- 
trologer may go home, do an immense amount of 
work to no use, because he thought the client meant 
that one event occurred when he, the client, was 
between 26 and 27 years of age, and a later consulta- 
tion reveals that he meant the year between his 
25th and 26th birthdays. Pin them down to the 
year, 1850, 1900, or whatever it may be, but never 
accept a persons age as a starting point. 



52 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

On the same principle, never predict that an 
event will happen when a person is so and so old, 
that also is ambiguous and gives them no satisfac- 
tion; give the year and month; never hedge; never 
predict anything of which you are in doubt, when 
you are satisfied a prediction is justified, speak 
fearlessly, but tactfully; believe in the stars, and 
the stars will fully justify your faith. 



THE ORIGIN OF DISEASE 

It is our earnest conviction, that the less we 
dwell upon sex, the less we read about it and think 
about it, the purer we shall be mentally, and also 
less liable to danger of morbid habits, for these 
are often formed by overstudy of the sex question, 
and persons having a tendency in that direction 
should be discouraged in attempts to discuss the 
matter at all. In planning this chapter we had at 
one time thought it possible to. escape mention of 
the subject, but more mature thought based upon 
much study of health and disease from the mystical 
standpoint has convinced us that we must go back 
to the allegorical Garden of Eden for the starting- 
point of pain and sorrow, as fully explained in our 
literature. The effects of continued transgression 
are with us today as a matter of actual fact, abuse 
of sex is in the most literal sense the primal source 
of sorrow, disease and degeneracy under which the 
world is groaning, and in a work of this nature it is 
obligatory to show the causes so that the remedy 
may be found and applied. Therefore we shall 
attempt to show first the prenatal influences re- 
vealed by the horoscope as a warning to parents 
that marriage is a sacrament, and not a license to 
sex abuse, and that "the sins of the fathers are 
indeed visited upon the children." At the same 
time, of course, an innocent child is not born with 
the tendency to a certain disease, its former living 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 53 

has made it liable to a specific weakness, and for 
that reason it is drawn by the Law of Association 
to parents from whom it may obtain a body subject 
to that particular ailment. Thus parents are only 
instruments in fulfilling the selfmade destiny of 
the child. If we thoroughly realize that fact, and 
can be persuaded to live pure and wholesome lives, 
so that we may draw to ourselves souls of a kindred 
virtuous nature, how much better for all the world. 
To drive this point home, the writers undertake 
to paint the loathsome picture of degeneracy, that 
the picture of purity may be the more attractive by 
contrast. 

In this connection we present first figure No. 1, 
which is that of a boy, now in 1912 about 16 years 
of age. The 4th and 10th houses, the planets in 
them and their rulers show the parents. The par- 
ent who most influences the life is shown by the 
10th house configurations, and the 4th house indi- 
cates the one least concerned in the child's destiny. 

In this figure Gemini is on the Midheaven, and 
Mercury, its ruler, is square the Moon from cardinal 
signs. Neptune is conjunction Mars in the 10th 
House and square the Sun in the Mecurial sign: 
Virgo. This establishes well the morbid, neurotic 
nature of the father, his instrumentality in depriving 
the boy of the faculty of speech and of coordination 
of muscular movements ; the boy cannot walk, but 
staggers. 

The mother's part is described by Sagittarius on 
the 4th House. Jupiter, the ruler, is in Leo in con- 
junction with the Dragons Tail, (the Moon's West- 
ern Node), which has an influence similar to Saturn. 
It is also square to Saturn and Uranus; the latter 
being in conjunction in Scorpio. This describes her 
as a lewd woman ; degenerate, committed to the 
dreadful theory of soulmates, affinities ; free love 
and all kindred abuses. These lewd tendencies she 
imparted to the boy. The affliction to Leo affects 
the heart, and as Saturn is the embodiment of ob- 
struction, restraint and suppression, we may know 



54 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

that the heart action is very weak, (had the afflic- 
tion come from Mars, his dynamic energy would 
have caused palpitation). Scorpio has rule over 
the sex organ, Uranus and Saturn there gives ten- 
dency to self abuse, and on the well known prin- 
ciple that mutilation of that organ affects the voice, 
we have in this configuration an added reason of the 
poor boy's inability to speak. The affliction coming 
from fixed signs shows the deep rooted constitu- 
tional nature of the evil, and what may come of 
conception during a drunken debauch. 

THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD 

Horoscope No. 2 shows one of the most re- 
markable psychic conditions we have ever come 
across. Its portent in some respects are plain to 
any astrologer, but investigation by one of the 
writers into this person's past life adds sidelights 
and gives depth to the meaning of configurations 
not otherwise obtainable, also to the writer, who 
made the spiritual investigation two years before 
the horoscope was cast, it was a revelation to note 
how the mystic facts he remembered so well, were 
inscribed in this little wheel of life. To enable the 
student to properly appreciate the remarkable case 
we relate the story of how we came into connection 
with the person, what we attempted to do, and what 
actually happened. 

In the fall of 1910, a friend told us the sad case 
of a young boy confined to his bed, lying upon his 
stomach and elbows, persistently gazing at a cer- 
tain spot in a corner of the room, as if fascinated, 
his whole frame continually shaking with sobs and 
moans. At request of the friend we visited the 
unfortunate boy, and found that the object which 
drew his gaze, with a power similar to that whereby 
the snake charms a bird into its fangs, was an 
elemental of the most horrible type we have ever 
seen. Standing by the bedside we directed a stream 
of force towards the base of the poor victim's 
brain, and thus drew him towards us in an endeavor 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 55 

to break the spell, but the fiend held the conscious- 
ness charmed to such a degree that there was evi- 
dent danger of rupture of body and soul. We there- 
fore desisted, and, with the fearlessness born of 
inexperience, decided to fight the elemental upon 
his own plane of being. But the Elder Brother 
who is our Teacher sought us that evening, he 
advised caution, and investigation of the genesis 
of the monster before we took action. 

Research of the memory of nature developed 
the fact that in its last life the spirit embodied in 
the youth had been an initiate of the Order of 
Jesus, a Jesuit, and a zealot of the most ardent 
type, cruel and unfeeling in the highest degree, yet 
perfectly impersonal, with no other aim in life save 
to further the interests of his Holy Order. The 
health, wealth, reputation or life of others he sacri- 
ficed without qualm of conscience, so that the 
Order was benefitted; he would have offered him- 
self up as freely, for he was sincere to the core. 
Love was as foreign to his nature as hate, but sex 
was rampant, it tore his strong soul to shreds; yet 
it never mastered him, he was too proud to show 
his passion even to one who could have gratified it, 
and so he developed the secret habit. It must not 
be supposed that he became an abject slave in that 
respect; he, the immortal spirit, fought his lower 
nature by prayer, castigation, fastings and every 
other conceivable means, sometimes he thought he 
had conquered, but when he least expected it the 
beast in him rallied, and the war raged as fiercely 
as ever. Many times he was tempted to mutilate 
himself, but he scorned such a course as unworthy 
a man, specially when that man had "taken the 
vows of priesthood. At last he succumbed to the 
strain ; vigorous manhood was succeeded by a mid- 
dle age of delicate health, constant pain increased 
his mental anguish and sympathy was born of 
suffering, he was no longer indifferent to the tor- 
tures of victims of the Holy Office. Being by nature 
a zealot and enthusiast in whatever direction his 



56 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

energies were exerted, the pendulum soon swung 
to the other extreme, Paul-like, he fought to protect 
whom he had previously persecuted, he incurred 
the enmity of the Holy Office, and finally, broken 
in body, but dauntless of spirit he fell a victim to 
the torture to which he had subjected so many. 

By the sincerity of his nature, and his later life, 
he earned the right of admission to a Mystery 
School and prepared for the privilege of working as 
an Invisible Helper in future lives. The Law of 
Association drew him to birth in an American 
family who were former friends; and from them he 
received a nervous organization tuned to the high 
pitch required for his experience. 

Saturn opposes the lifegiving Sun, suppresses 
the nervous energy of Mercury, and obstructs the 
Venus, (venous), circulation, by hindering secretion 
of urine and elimination of poisonous matter 
through the kidneys which are ruled by Libra, the 
sign of Saturns exaltation where he is placed in 
this natal figure. As the planets which he opposes 
are placed in Aries, ruler of the head, his disordering 
influence manifests through the brain and mind, as 
well as the genito-urinary system. The morbid con- 
dition of these parts caused by Saturns repressive 
influence on the kidneys is further accentuated by 
Uranus conjunction the Moon in the 6th House 
which indicates the health, under the sign ruling 
the generative organ : Scorpio. As the horoscope 
shows tendencies resulting from our actions in past 
lives, it is evident that the self abuse of this per- 
son must bring him to birth under a stellar ray 
affecting the health in that particular manner, for 
when the soul has been overcome by any particular 
besetting sin in any life, death does not pay all any 
more than removal to another city pays our debts 
in our present abode. When we return, temptation 
will again confront us until we conquer our weak- 
ness. It is the task of this poor soul to extract 
the phoenix of virtue and chastity from the burning 
embers of passion and secret vice. May God help 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 57 

him and strengthen his arm in the terrible com- 
bat. Only Astrology, the Master key of Compas- 
sion, can adequately reveal to us the struggle and 
anguish of the soul, and save us from the crime of 
despising one in conditions of depravity. 

The beforementioned aspects were from Car- 
dinal Signs, and Fixed Signs, which indicate that 
which is almost unalterable destiny. But Neptune on 
the Asc; in a Common sign, Gemini, points to a 
condition in the making. He is trine to Saturn, 
the afflictor of the mind, and supported by the 
dynamic energy of Mars. 

Neptune indicates the invisible spiritual hier- 
archies which work with and upon us, and when 
placed in the 12th House it is evident that sorrow 
and distress may be expected from them. This 
position renders the person liable to be preyed upon 
by Spirit Controls, but the trine to Saturn and the 
sextile to the Sun, Venus and Mercury, protect 
him against influence from outside sources. Thus 
he became a prey to the demoniac embodiment of 
his former actions; the terrible creature known to 
Mystics as "Guardian of the Threshold," which 
the neophyte must pass ere he can enter consciously 
into the invisible World. This dreadful shape had 
drawn its being from acts of cruelty committed by 
the man in his bygone life; it had fed upon the 
curses of his tortured victims, and gorged itself 
upon the odor of their blood and perspiration, as is 
the wont of elementals ; it was a monster in every 
sense of the word. Death of its progenitor rendered 
it latent, but in the new birth figure time was 
marked for retribution upon the clock of destiny. 
When the Moon by progression reached Mars' natal 
place in the 12th House, his dynamic energy gal- 
vanized the monster into new life, and the troubles 
of the poor lad commenced. The hate, anger and 
malice stored in the monster radiated back upon 
him pang for pang and his negative Gemini nature 
crumpled under the onslaughts of the demon. When 
we saw the thing it appeared as a shapeless jelly- 



58 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

like mass with many large greenish eyes imbedded 
at different parts of its body. Every few seconds 
a sharp pointed, swordlike projection shot out from 
the most unexpected places in its body and pierced 
the poor lad who lay cringing upon his bed. Then, 
although the monster had no mouth, wherewith to 
laugh, it seemed convulsed with fiendish glee at the 
fear and pain it had given. At other times, one or 
another of the eyes seemed to dart from the mon- 
ster, projected upon the end of what resembled an 
elephant's trunk and it would halt within an inch 
of the victim's eyes ; gazing into them with a com- 
pelling power of awesome intensity. 

There being so many good aspects to help him, 
it is not likely that he will succumb, and when the 
Sun reaches conjunction of Jupiter's place in the 
natal figure and the Moon has passed the square to 
the Sun's natal place, a distinct turn for the better 
may be looked for. In the meanwhile the poor soul 
must struggle alone with its selfmade demon. Had 
not the secret habit sapped vitality in the former 
life, birth under a stronger sign would have given 
greater power of physical endurance and rendered 
victory more certain. 

DISEASE OF THE EYES 

This malady is due to rays from certain nebu- 
lous parts of the Zodiac : The Pleiades in Taurus 
29; the Ascelli in Leo 6, and Antares in Sagit- 
tarius 8. When the Sun or Moon are in orb of one 
of these places, and afflicted by Saturn, Mars or 
Uranus, or vice versa, when Saturn, Uranus or 
Mars are in these nebulous parts afflicting the Sun 
or Moon, trouble is indicated, but if care is taken 
in the case of children having this tendency to 
disease it may be greatly modified or entirely 
avoided. The light in schoolrooms calls for atten- 
tion on general principles, but where a child has 
incipient eye trouble the parent ought to request 
proper placement of the child in a modified light, 
reading by lamplight or in the dusk should not be 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 59 

permitted, and windowshades in the home ought 
to be of a soothing color. With civilization and 
life in cities the eyes have become habituated to 
short focus and cannot quickly adjust themselves 
to variation of range as the sailors and plainsmen. 
When a child's horoscope indicates tendency to 
weak eyes, residence in a rural district, if possible, 
may be of immense value in preserving the vision, 
for exercise of the eye muscles by frequent adjust- 
ment of focus from short to long range and vice 
versa, will materially aid to strengthen the eyes. 
It is a fact, that much eye strain is due to con- 
gestion of the ciliary muscle which adjusts the lens 
to range of objects and the sphincter muscle which 
contracts the iris. Each time that fails to act quickly 
too much light is admitted and the retina is hurt. 
Life in the open while the child's muscles are still 
limber will do wonders towards correcting such de- 
fects, and even grown persons may derive vast 
benefit from outdoor life provided the eyes are prop- 
erly shaded at first. Careful osteopathic treatment 
of the eyes also has a most beneficial effect of stimu- 
lating circulation and limbering the muscles. 

It is a well known scientific fact, that sensation 
depends on ability to feel and interpret vibration in 
air and ether, according to the sense involved. An- 
cient seers devised the Staff of Mercury as a symbol 
of its effects, and among other spiritual secrets 
embodied in the undulating forms of the twin ser- 
pents, is also this, that Mercury is the originator 
of all vibratory movement. Therefore it is prime 
factor in production of sensation and mental pro- 
cesses arising in the consciousness as a result. An 
elevated, well aspected Mercury therefore makes 
our senses acute and the mind keen, an afflicted 
Mercury either dulls the senses, or makes the per- 
son hypersensitive ; in either case an abnormal state 
of the brain mind is produced which causes suffering 
according to house, sign and affliction; even the 
good aspects of a socalled evil planet, though it 
brings out the virtue of that planet, also carries with 



60 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

it a touch of the darker side because even the best 
of us have something in our inner natures which 
vibrates to that phase of the planets' nature. 

But, besides this roundabout way of acquiring 
knowledge through vibrations in the air and ether 
inaugurated by Mercury and interpreted by slow 
processes in the brain mind where spirit and mat- 
ter meet, there is a direct path to knowledge sym- 
bolized by the staff around which the serpents twine. 
This is the ray of Neptune, the octave of Mercury, 
which puts us in touch with the spiritual worlds. 
But, observe this, the staff and the serpents are not 
separate, the staff goes through the winding forms 
of the serpents, and thus we learn that in our 
present concrete condition spiritual knowledge is 
dependent on the brain mind for concrete expression 
through the brain mind and the latter is colored 
according to the aspects of Neptune. 

Experience has proved that the afflicted stellar 
ray from certain parts of the Zodiac already men- 
tioned, interferes with the etheric vibration sensed 
by the retina of the eye, and thus impairs the phvsi- 
cal sight. If, in the same figure, Neptune is focussed 
through one of these places, the socalled "yellow 
spot/' which is blind because unresponsive to the 
etheric mercurial vibrations is sensitized by the 
spiritual ray of Neptune, and thus it may be that a 
person physically nearsighted, or even blind, may 
view the spiritual worlds hidden from people whose 
sight is focused by mercurial vibrations. The as- 
pect of Neptune determines the grade and nature 
of the spiritual sight evolved, as illustrated in vari- 
ous horoscopes herewith. These were picked to 
demonstrate other points, but it occurred to us 
that the phase just mentioned is worthy of notice. 
It may be well, however, to warn students 
against absurd conclusions, we have not said that 
everyone afflicted with eye trouble by Antares, 
Ascelli or the Pleiades is gifted in return with 
spiritual sight. The lady in horoscope No. 5 is 
much afflicted physically, but Neptune is out of orb, 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 61 

and she derives no vision from his ray. Spiritual 
vision may also be undeveloped in many who have 
the aspect well defined, but in those cases it is in 
process of unfoldment, and will yield easily to 
proper exercises. Where this aspect is a square or 
an opposition it is wise, however, to refrain from 
any attempt to seek illumination, for in those as- 
pects lurks great danger from Spirit Controls, Ele- 
mentals, etc., which is amply illustrated in horo- 
scope No. 2, where the opposition of Neptune to 
Antares is responsible for the awful vision of the 
Guardian of the Threshold. There the physical 
sight is not impaired, but in horoscope No. 3, defect- 
ive eyesight is shown by affliction from the Ascelli* 
and like trouble comes from Antares in No. 4. In 
one the trine from Neptune produces voluntary vis- 
ion, of the superphysical realms, and in the other his 
focus is square, hence the spiritual sight obtained is 
intermittent and not under control. 

We have spoken of Mercury as originator of all 
sense vibrations: auditory, olfactory, visual, etc., 
and of Neptune as its octave ; to forestall questions 
we may say that in the spiritual world separateness 
ceases, sensations merge, so that sound and sight, 
voice and vision are one. The Neptune ray carries 
both, but undeveloped seers suffering from the in- 
voluntary faculty, "see" or "hear" as it suits the 
entities which obtain admission to them through 
the ray of Neptune. 

Horoscope No. 3 shows the inimical influence of 
the nebulous spot in Leo 6, the Ascelli, on the sight. 
This dangerous degree was rising at birth with the 
Moon in close conjunction, and the Sun also in 
orb. Saturn in 24 degrees of Libra is just within 
orb of a square to the Sun in Leo degrees, and 
as a result of these various afflictions the person is 
compelled to use bifocal glasses. There is a com- 
pensating advantage however, Neptune in eleva- 
tion and trine to the Ascelli (with Sun, Moon and 
Ascendant in orb), has endowed him with spiritual 
sight over which he has perfect control, as the 



62 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

student may readily see by examination of Mercury, 
the best fortified planet in the horoscope. Saturn, 
by sextile, from the sign of his exaltation, gives 
steadiness, persistence and concentration; Jupiter 
by trine from the house he rules, expands the 
mind, makes it religiously inclined and benevolent; 
Venus, by sextile, adds kindliness and love of 
beauty. Thus it is evident that in this horoscope 
the relation of Mercury and its octave, Neptune, 
to physical and spiritual expression of mind, is 
well illustrated. Neptune is most highly elevated 
and Mercury is most strongly aspected. Neither 
is afflicted, therefore he is not liable to hallucina- 
tions, but weighs his experiences in the scale of 
logic. Compare this horoscope with that of the 
poor young man afflicted by the Guardian of the 
Threshold (No. 2), where Neptune is in the 12th 
house in conjunction with Mars, where Mercury 
is afflicted by the opposition of Saturn, all from 
Cardinal signs, contrast of the two figures will 
bring out some fine points. 

In horoscope No. 5 we see the Moon in the 6th 
house, about three degrees from Antares, and 
Saturn is in the 12th house within four degrees 
of an opposition to Antares, about 7 degrees from 
exact opposition to the Moon; thus his natal in- 
fluence was minimized. Had the opposition been 
close or exact, blindness from birth would have 
been inevitable, but fortunately it . was a weak 
aspect and the vision was not seriously affected 
until the Sun by progression entered the 12th 
house, passed the opposition to the Moon; then 
opposition to Antares and arrived at conjunction 
with Saturn. These points of contact in the horo- 
scope marked crises in the disease of her eyes. 
Saturn being the afflictor, and Mercury also squar- 
ing the ascendant, the nerves and muscles crystal- 
lized until sight of one eye was lost and the other 
eye is almost blind. In November, 1912, the Moon 
will have progressed to the square of the Sun's 
place at birth. That is the final crisis which will 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 63 

vivify the beforementioned aspects. We eannot 
restore organs which have been removed before 
we were requested to aid, and are handicapped by 
being called so late in the day, but we are never- 
theless concentrating every effort to bring the 
poor lady past that aspect; and there is every in- 
dication that, with God's help, we may save her 
from the awful fate of total blindness. Neptune 
makes no aspect to the points of the Zodiac men- 
tioned, hence the spiritual sight is deeply dormant. 

Horoscope No. 4 is the most afflicted of all, 
the Dragon's Tail, the Sun and Antares are in con- 
junction. That alone is sufficiently severe; the 
condition is further aggravated, however, by a close 
square of Neptune and Mars, and then the meas- 
ure of affliction to the eyes is helped by a con- 
junction of Saturn to the Pleiades which occurs 
in the 12th house. Thus this horoscope shows the 
person then born to have very weak eyes, and as 
a matter of fact, she can scarcely read even when 
holding book or paper a few inches from the eyes 
and using a magnifying glass; but the square of 
Neptune to Antares has opened her spiritual senses 
to a certain extent so that she hears spirit voices 
and at times has visions. These manifestations, 
being uncontrolled by her, are very unsatisfactory 
of course, but prove the effect of Neptune aspecting 
these points in the Zodiac. 



THE DRAGON'S "HEAD" AND "TAIL." 

As it has often been a sore puzzle to students 
what are the Dragon's "Head" and "Tail" (called 
the Moon's nodes in the ephemeris), and why one 
is supposed to be good and to further all which 
comes under its benefic ray, while the other is con- 
sidered extremely evil, it may be well to show 
the reasonableness of the philosophy. 



64 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

First, let us say for the information of students 
not versed in astronomical terms, that "nodes" are 
points where a planet, traveling in its orbit, crosses 
the Sun's path; as for instance the earth does at 
the equinoxes, and there is a close correspondence 
between the precession of the equinoxes, which is 
explained from both the astronomical and the mys- 
tic sides in our "Simplified Scientific Astrology," 
second edition, and the revolution of the Moon's 
Nodes. 

Speaking from the convenient geocentric view- 
point, the Sun crosses its Eastern Node each year 
at the Vernal equinox, 50 seconds of space in ad- 
vance of the point where it crossed the previous 
year; as the Sun travels 15 degrees per hour, 50 
seconds of space are traversed in about 3 seconds' 
of time. 

The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each 
night, applying the same measure, 50 minutes of 
time correspond to about 3 minutes of space, and 
the Moon's nodes recede just that much every day. 

Thus the Sun travels around the circle of the 
Zodiac in one year, but requires 27 times as many 
thousands, (27,000 years), to complete the preces- 
sion of its nodes : the equinoctial points. The swift 
moving Moon circles the Zodiac in 27 days and its 
nodes make a full revolution in 1000 weeks or 19 
years. (These figures are only approximate). 

In the case of the Sun the place where it crosses 
the earth's equator in the East is always regarded 
as the first point of Aries, no matter where in the 
Constellations it falls because of precession. This 
procedure is perfectly justified because the life giv- 
ing qualities ascribed to the Sun in Aries are observ- 
able as soon as it has crossed the equator; then 
the seeds sprout ; the mating season commences and 
the whole creation seems stirred by the solar ray 
to bring forth. Therefore astrologers say the Sun 
is exalted in Aries, and Aries is understood to be 
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Eastern node of the Sun, where he crosses the 
equator at the vernal equinox. 

On the same principle the Western node of the 
Sun, the point where he leaves the Northern hemis- 
phere for the Winter months, is called the first 
point of Libra, and Saturn, the planet of obstruc- 
tion and suppression is here exalted; he is the 
reaper with his scythe, he mows down the fruits of 
the solar ray, he suppresses life and joy, the glad- 
some voices of our feathered friends are hushed 
in his presence, and the earth goes down to its 
wintry grave under his withering influence. 

As the Moon gathers and reflects the solar light 
upon earth, this borrowed light is similar to the 
direct ray in certain respects, no matter where its 
Eastern node (called the Dragon's Head), falls in 
the signs, the effect upon affairs wherewith it is 
connected, by conjunction is like that of the Sun in 
Aries, which makes nature sing with joy; it fur- 
thers and accelerates personal matters in a most 
benevolent manner; it so to speak, oils the wheels 
of life in the particular department where it is con- 
joined with a planet. On the other hand, the Moon's 
Western node, (called the Dragons Tail), corres- 
ponds to Libra where Saturn is exalted and if in con- 
junction with a planet it exerts an influence of sup- 
pression and obstruction similar in effect to the 
chill blasts of winter ushered in by the saturnine 
exaltation. 

Horoscope No. 6 shows its part in breaking the 
femur, (hipbone) of a lady. Its position in the 12th 
house indicates confinement, the square of the Sun 
from the Midheaven is a further natal affliction. 
In December, 1908, the full Moon was in exact con- 
junction, and Jupiter, ruler of the 6th house (which 
shows sickness), was in exact square to the Dragons 
Tail, also in exact opposition to her Sun. Thus 
indications of trouble were many. Sagittarius, 
which has dominion over the hips and thighs, occu- 
pies the sixth house, so the femur was broken when 
the lady slipped on an icy pavement just outside 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 67 

her house. No. 4 shows the Dragons Tail in con- 
junction with the Sun near the fixed star Antares 
which has an inimical influence on the sight, and 
the poor lady who is thus affected is in great dan- 
ger of blindness. 

The Moon's nodes are tabulated in the upper 
right hand corners of Raphael's ephemeris ; the posi- 
tion being given for every other day; its place at 
birth is found by simple proportion, and the diagram 
herewith will explain that these points are called 
"the Dragon's Head" and "the Dragon's Tail" be- 
cause the paths of Sun and planets appear serpen- 
tine when drawn upon a plane surface. 

DISEASE OF THE EARS 

The twelfth house indicates the confining in- 
fluences in life. Mercury there in conjunction with 
the Sun limits the spirit, and deafness hampers its 
search after knowledge. The same happens if Saturn, 
Mars, Uranus and Neptune afflict, also when the 
Mercurial signs, Gemini and Virgo, are on the 
twelfth cusp and Mercury is afflicted, (no matter 
where in the figure it is placed). We append horo- 
scopes of people who are suffering from this mal- 
ady; number 7 is the horoscope of a lady who is 
gradually losing her hearing. Mercury, Venus and 
the Sun are in close conjunction in Pisces, the 
twelfth sign, which is in the twelfth house. Blood, 
lymph, and the invisible vital fluid, called "nerve 
force" by science, are the builders of our bodies ; 
each planet, except Uranus and Neptune, has domin- 
ion over one of their constituent parts. 

Mercury rules the nerves, particularly the 
cerebro-spinal system, and the invisible rose 
colored vital fluid which flows in the visible 
nerve sheath. 

The Moon also rules the nerves in a gen- 
eral way, but has special dominion over the 
nerve sheaths of the body, the sympathetic sys- 
tem, and the lymph. 

Jupiter governs the arterial circulation, 



68 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

Venus rules the venous blood, Mars rules the 
iron in the blood, and the Sun rules the oxygen. 
Saturn has dominion over the mineral de- 
posits, carried by the blood, which cause the 
arteries to harden. 
When a planet is in very close conjunction to 
the Sun, three degrees or less, it is said to be "com- 
bust;" its ray is, so to speak, burned up in the ter- 
rific heat of the Sun, and thus the afflicted planet is 
unable to properly exercise its function in the life of 
persons born under that configuration. It is also 
"evident that as the weakest link of a chain is the 
first to give, so the disability would show itself in 
a part of the body also otherwise afflicted. 
..■ Horoscope No. 7 has both Venus and Mercury 
combust in the twelfth house; we may therefore 
conclude that there is a lack of nerve force or vital 
fluid, and that the venous circulation of the ear is 
obstructed. Thus congestion is inevitable, and the 
hearing becomes less and less acute. Osteopathy is 
excellently equipped to deal successfully with a case 
like this ; were the configuration in a fixed sign 
we might not feel optimistic, but "Flexibility" is 
the salient characteristic of the Common Signs, so 
we see no reason why with patience and persever- 
ance a cure may not be consummated. 

As said, Saturn rules the earthly mineral matter 
carried by our blood; from this concretions are 
formed in the softer tissues, also the bony struc- 
ture. Therefore the skeleton is also under the do- 
minion of Saturn. 

In Horoscope No. 8, the auditory disability 
comes through the fixed signs Led and Scorpio, 
this makes it more difficult to remedy, particularly 
as Saturn is the afflictor and throws his malefic 
ray upon Mercury from an angle. Science thought 
at one time that the tympanum was the only, or at 
least the main, factor in hearing, but realizes now 
that as much and more, depends upon the timbre 
of the bony structure. It is the nature of Saturn to 
obstruct and as Scorpio rules the organs of excre- 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 69 

tion, we may easily see that this important func- 
tion is impaired, and that waste products have dif- 
ficulty in passing kidney and colon. The whole 
system becomes clogged in consequence, and as 
Mercury in the twelfth house marks the ears as 
weak, it is only natural that the auditory nerve be- 
comes clogged and the bony parts of the ear grow 
denser in the course of time. 

Sour milk or buttermilk has a particularly whole- 
some influence in clearing up a clogged system. 
Many people rebel against the use of milk in quan- 
tity because of an idea that it aggravates constipa- 
tion ; that is true in the beginning, but after a short 
time the system will accommodate itself to the diet, 
which will be then found superlatively cleansing, 
wholesome, and nutritious. Greens and fruits will 
also aid a person afflicted as horoscope No. 8 to 
eliminate the waste and effect a cure in time. 

DISEASE OF THE VOCAL ORGAN 

Among the subjects germane to thorough knowl- 
edge of Astrology is the similar effects of intrin- 
sically opposite factors; Saturn is called evil, and 
Jupiter good, but when Saturn is well fortified in 
a horoscope it has an exceedingly desirable effect, 
and an afflicted Jupiter is the very reverse of bene- 
ficial. Thus there is a good side to each so-called 
"evil" planet, and every "good" planet has also an 
undesirable phase. The signs of the Zodiac are said 
to rule certain parts of the body, but each sign 
has also subsidiary dominion over the part ruled by 
its opposite sign; affliction of Gemini may cause 
bronchitis, or weaken the arms and shoulders, but 
Sciatica, a Sagittarius disease, may also result. 
Taurus rules the throat, it has great sympathy with 
Scorpio, the sign that rules the generative organ, 
hence we note the change of voice in boys at the 
time of puberty ; also woman, .when she forsakes the 
path of chastity and lives a life of debauch acquires 
a coarser voice. Taurus rules the larynx, but Mer- 
cury governs the air which stirs the vocal cords 



70 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

to vibration; thus organic affliction is indicated by 
affliction of Taurus and Scorpio, but functional dis- 
ability by the position and aspect of Mercury. There 
is a similar relation between Taurus, (ruling the 
vocal organs), and Mercury, (ruling the air which 
passes through the larynx), as between instrument 
and player. If Taurus (and Scorpio) are unafflicted 
the vocal organ is in good condition, but an af- 
flicted Mercury may nevertheless cause a functional 
disorder of the speech. The reverse may also hap- 
pen, namely, that a well fortified Mercury partially 
overrides the effect of a Taurus affliction. This is 
well exemplified in horoscope No. 9; Saturn, Nep- 
tune, and the Sun conjoined in Taurus cause a 
throat affection, but Mercury is in a sign of voice, 
Gemini, (Libra and Aquarius are the other signs of 
voice) and in conjunction with Jupiter. The lady 
suffers constantly from throat trouble, but as a good 
musician draws melody from a dilapidated instru- 
ment, so, by the aid of her well placed Mercury, 
this lady is enabled to express herself better than 
many whose vocal organs are sound; in fact, she 
teaches elocution. 

Horoscope No. 3 has a singularly well fortified 
Mercury, there is no affliction to Taurus or Scorpio, 
and the gentleman has a powerful voice capable of 
filling the largest halls without effort, yet not too 
loud for the smallest, but Mercury in Leo, a beastial 
sign, and Saturn in Libra, a sign of voice, are ob- 
structive of perfect vocalization, therefore the gentle- 
man has at times a certain halt or hesitancy of 
speech. 

It follows as a matter of course that disabilities 
of speech are more easily remedied than those that 
are organic; patience, practice of vocal and breath- 
ing exercises such as teachers of voice culture give, 
(these are entirely different from the dangerous 
Hindu breathing exercises) are almost sure to re- 
store normal conditions. 

Horoscopes Nos. 9, 10 and 11 have Saturn and 
Neptune conjoined in Taurus; as a consequence all 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 71 

have throat trouble, and also disorder of the genital 
organs. Nos. 10 and 11 have both undergone opera- 
tions for removal of certain parts, and Mercury in 
Scorpio centers the thoughts of No. 10 upon sex, 
causing intense torture, as is impossible to gratify 
the craving. Saturn in a fixed sign is certainly a 
sore afflictor, the reaper of fruits from a past life, 
and if there is to be any solace it must come through 
knowledge of the cause, prayer, and the patience en- 
gendered thereby. 

DISORDERS OF THE MIND 

Before closing discussion of maladies peculiar 
to the head, mention must be made of insanity, 
though the underlying causes can only be hinted 
at in a work of this size, but the student is re- 
ferred to The Rosicrucian Cosmo Conception for 
a thorough explanation of the cosmic agencies con- 
cerned in building the brain, and a key to the astro- 
logical correspondences. Here we only give the 
essential facts. 

The brain and larynx were first built by the an- 
gelic host from the Moon, (Luna), who used part 
of the sex force for that purpose, hence the intimate 
connection between these organs. "Lunacy" is 
often induced by misuse of the sex force, and "Luna- 
tics" frequently have a flaw in the speech. When 
boys reach puberty the voice changes, the speech 
of a fast woman becomes coarse, and degenerate 
men acquire effeminate voices. In Italy singers 
anxious to cultivate a high tenor voice have become 
eunuchs to achieve their purpose. 

Into the system thus built by the lunar host 
under Jehovah, rebel Angels led by Lucifer, the 
Spirit of Mars, insinuated themselves, they incul- 
cated passion, sex abuse and rebellion against the 
rulership of the Angels of Jehovah. To offset their 
influence our Elder Brothers from Mercury were 
commissioned to foster reason that man may in time 
learn to guide himself. All the Great Hierarchies 
work in our bodies constantly, but the three men- 



72 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

tioned have particular dominion over sex and sense, 
each invests one of the three segments of the spinal 
cord. The Sublimely Spiritual Hierarchy of Nep- 
tune works in the spinal canal and the cerebral ven- 
tricles to awaken spiritual senses which, when 
evolved, enable the imprisoned spirit to pierce the 
veil of flesh and contact superphysical realms. The 
Lucifer Spirits dominate the left cerebral hemis- 
phere which now is our principal organ of thought. 
The Mercurians have dominion over the right hemis- 
phere, which will, come into activity in the future 
and elevate mankind to a higher/nobler plane of 
life, give us the power over the lower nature and 
make us Christlike. The Lunar Angels hold sway 
in the cerebellum which is the instrument of co- 
ordination. In this veritable "Tree of Knowledge" 
the fight is fought between forces which make for 
the emancipation of man and agencies which aim to 
keep him dependent, as explained in Rosicrucian 
Christianity Series. Lecture No. 14: "Lucifer, 
Tempter or Benefactor?" 

Such are the teachings which explain the deep 
reason back of astrological dictums, and any quali- 
fied Seer may easily perceive the various agencies 
at work in the human body, such are few, however, 
and the student of Astrology has reason to thank 
God day by day for the blessed science which is of 
greater benefit than any measure of spiritual sight. 
Though the writers are firm believers in the law of 
Compensation which gives to each exactly what he 
has earned, neither more or less, they cannot free 
themselves from the feeling that their measure of 
spiritual faculties have been heaped and shaken 
down, they feel very, very, grateful for the privilege 
and added usefulness in service which this gives 
'them. Nevertheless, were the alternative placed 
before us involving, choice between loss of spiritual 
faculties and loss of our knowledge of Astrology, 
we should not hesitate one moment, but decide at 
once in favor of our beloved science, neither ought 
this surprise anyone who will give the matter a 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS : 73 

moment's thought. It is true that spiritual sight, 
even in its rudimentary form enables us to see the 
condition of the human body to the minutest detail, 
and thus affords a much easier means of diagnosis 
than Astrology, but though it penetrates to the in- 
nermost core of the bone, mere clairvoyance is 
superficial compared to Astrology for it shows only 
present conditions of the body. To find the causes 
which led up to that state and judge of future ten- 
dencies, it is necessary to consult the memory of 
nature. We sriould have to do that personally, and 
this time would not permit, as we are handling 
hundreds of cases, but a simple astrological figure, 
which we may commission one of our ; students to 
cast, reveals as much at a glance. There are de- 
lineated the causes of mental, moral and physical 
disorders, it shows accurately the stages which have 
been passed and the crises yet to come. It also in- 
dicates the direction in which a remedy may be 
looked for and the most favorable time to administer 
the same. It helps people Here and Now, and the As- 
trologer who lives up to his privilege has a mission 
so high and so holy that the office of Priest, (in the 
esoteric sense of the term), pales into insignificance. 
Let the aspirant to this great knowledge remember 
that he stands, upon holier ground than Moses before 
the burning bush, when he looks at a horoscope. 
Through that circle-symbol of infinity an immortal 
soul is laid bare, and woe to him who dares to look 
with profane eyes, for no matter how that soul may 
have been smirched in its pilgrimage through mat- 
ter, it is essentially divine and as dear to the Father, 
yes, perhaps even more precious, than. the righteous 
who do not need Mercy and' Compassion. This 
has been somewhat of a digression, but we have no 
apologies to offer, for we preach Astrology as a 
-Religion and feel the necessity of emphasizing this 
phase in season and out, if by any means we. may 
inculcate the reverence in others which we ourselves 
feel for this divine science. 

Returning to the astrological consideration of in- 



74 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

sanity, and in view of what has been said we may 
note, that the horoscope shows how, in the spinal 
canal, rays of the various Hierarchies blend, and 
Astrology tabulates the resultant mental conditions 
as follow: 

People, not congenitally affected, with Cardinal 
signs rising, particularly if Cardinal or Fixed signs 
also invest the Midheaven and Nadir, rarely become 
insane. The active nature forbids morbid tenden- 
cies and blues ; disappointment is quickly thrown off 
and hope springs eternal in the cardinal breast urg- 
ing to renewed struggle with conditions. It is said 
that the exception proves the rule, and when Capri- 
corn rises the saturnine rulership gives a tendency 
to melancholy which under certain aggravating cir- 
cumstances may provoke suicide, particularly when 
the ruler is cooped up in the 8th house; as we see 
in horoscope No. 12. Virgo, a Common sign, de- 
void of stamina, holds the Sun, Saturn, Venus and 
the Moon in this, the house of death; it robs the 
person of joy in life and impels him to end it under 
stress of sorrow. Knowledge, on the part of an 
astrologer friend has so far forestalled the calamity, 
and it is hoped, may save the poor man from com- 
mitting so grave a crime. 

When a Fixed sign rises at birth of a normal 
child, chances of insanity in later life are so ex- 
ceedingly remote as to be almost negligible. Spe- 
cially if a Fixed or Cardinal sign is also on the Mid- 
heaven. In our extended practice, we know of no 
exception, the rigid, set and inflexible nature of the 
Fixed signs seems to protect the mind under all 
exigencies of stress. 

It therefore follows, that the mentally unbal- 
anced come principally from those born with Com- 
mon signs on the angles. The intrinsic nature of 
these signs is "Flexibility;" as a reed in the wind 
they are swayed hither and thither under stress of 
circumstances, they have no stamina or stability, 
and take reverses much to heart, while they last. 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 75 

Sorrow seems to overwhelm them and balance is 
easily lost. 

It is a distinctive feature of the Rosicrucian teach- 
ings that pupils in the Western World must be 
given a reason for every dictum, so as to forestall 
criticism, as much as possible, for it retards de- 
velopment every time it is indulged. The Rosicru- 
cian teachings therefore aim to forestall questions 
at every point by giving reasons for each dictum, so 
that the critical mind may be weaned away from this 
attitude. We are ardently looking for the day and 
reign of Christ, The Friend of Man, we do not 
know when He will come, no man knows, but Paul 
said, that when He comes, we shall be like Him. 
Adverse criticism and skepticism were not traits of 
His character and anything that will aid to eradicate 
these undesirable characteristics hastens the glad 
day of Universal Friendship. 

The reason has been given in Simplified Scientific 
Astrology, why the Ascendant rules the body as a 
whole : It is the place occupied by the Moon at 
Conception. In the Bible Angels are often men- 
tioned as heralds of birth and their lunar home is the 
focus whence the spirits enter our terrestrial sphere 
on their return to physical life. They fashion the 
etheric mould for our present instrument, and direct 
the growth of the foetus. Therefore, the Ascendant 
and the Moon show the organic disabilities which 
lead to mental disorder. The congenital idocy re- 
sulting from lack of proper adjustment between the 
vital body and the physical vehicle has been thor- 
oughly described in the Rosicrucian Cosmo Con- 
ception, together with the causes producing the 
same during pre-natal life. Astrologically this con- 
dition is produced by an affliction of the Ascend- 
ant, that is to say, the Moon's place at conception; 
which throws the angle of the Stellar Ray out of 
parallax to the mother's body, and the physical 
vehicle is built in such a manner that the head of 
the vital body is several inches above the skull. 
Thus the nerve centers are askew, preventing the 



76 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

ego from properly controlling its instrument. This 
is one of the configurations which produce idiocy 
and St. Vitus Dance. Uranus and Neptune, are 
especially concerned in producing this latter phe- 
nomenon. 

Saturn is the cause of melancholy and depres- 
sion. Mars and Uranus produce the muscular and 
violent forms of insanity. Horoscopes 13 and 14 
illustrate these peculiarities. No. 13, also shows 
the connection between puberty and the mental 
state. Gemini is rising, with Taurus and Mars in- 
tercepted in the sixth and twelfth houses, from 
whence come disease and confinement. The Moon 
is in Taurus, which rules the larynx, she is in con- 
junction with Neptune, square to Mercury; and 
Mars is in Scorpio, which rules the generative organ. 
There we have at once the tendencies to a disease, 
which is further accentuated by the fact that Nep- 
tune in Taurus squares the Sun in Leo, and Leo has 
rule over the heart, and is the prime factor in cir- 
culation upon which the life of the body depends; 
thus the threatened illness may be set down to 
trouble with the blood, produced by a nervous af- 
fection. Puberty occurs at the time when the Moon 
is in the opposite quarter from its place of birth. 
She entered Scorpio, the opposite of Taurus which 
held her at birth, at the time when the child was 
nearly twelve years of age. Up to that time the 
little girl had been bright, but the conjunction with 
Mars in Scorpio precipitated the period and robbed 
the growing child of vitality sorely needed at that 
time. The initial periods were few, but left her 
depleted of strength to withstand the square to 
Mercury and the opposition of the Moon to its radi- 
cal place. (The radical place of a planet is its posi- 
tion at birth). This affliction of Mercury, the ruler, 
by the Moon at birth, was thus excited and insanity 
snowed itself in consequence. As the affliction comes 
from fixed signs, we may judge that it will be im- 
possible to overcome; and the best that can be 
done for the poor soul is to pray for the day of its 



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release, that it may have a better chance in a future 
embodiment. 

Number 14 is the horoscope of a young man. 
The common sign, Gemini, is rising. The ruler Mer- 
cury is in the 8th house, the house of death ; Uranus 
and the Moon are in opposition. This con- 
figuration which is similar to that of horoscope No. 
12, has the same significance, it presages suicidal 
tendencies under nervous strain,, and this augur is 
all the more dangerous as it comes from fixed signs. 
Mars and Neptune in Taurus gives a desire for drink 
and the Sun in a watery sign accentuates the ten- 
dency. Under such conditions the man has sev- 
eral times tried to end his life in a most extraor- 
dinary manner. Jupiter in Sagittarius, square to 
Saturn in Pisces, increases the looseness of his 
morals and makes him dishonest. He will forge and 
steal in order to satisfy his passion and craving for 
drink, in questionable society. Leo on the second 
house with Uranus and the Moon in close conjunc- 
tion, shows that he spends what he gets in dissolute 
living. 

There is one redeeming feature in the horoscope; 
Venus in the Midheaven sextile to his ruler, and 
trine to the Moon. He has energy and artistic abil- 
ity which, it is hoped, may in time rouse the better 
qualities and make him a man. But again, we re- 
iterate that with the affliction from fixed signs the 
obstacle is almost insurmountable. 

In conclusion the student's attention is directed 
to the 3rd and 9th houses, which will also have an 
influence upon the mind. Planets therein act ac- 
cording to the intrinsic nature expressed in the key 
word of each, 

PULMONARY DISEASES 

When we studied progression, horoscope No. 15 
was used as illustration to show the various crises 
which eventually led up to the death of the native. 
But in order to keep the student's mind closely cen- 
tered upon the mathematical side, we refrained 



78 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

from delineating the nature of the disease which 
caused her demise, promising to elucidate that 
point in the proper place. 

Virgo is rising and Mercury, the ruler, is trine 
at birth; but unfortunately he is combust, a term 
which has been previously explained as meaning that 
the heat of the Sun burns up the ray of any planet 
placed too close thereto. The disease was not con- 
genital, however, although the Moon was square 
to the Ascendant. But Virgo people, we have seen, 
are extremely fond of being sick. When once they 
have had a little pain; they magnify and nurse it 
and are loath to let go. The square of Neptune in 
Aries to Uranus caused St. Vitus Dance at about 
the age of five years, when the Moon passed the 
opposition to Uranus. This was the beginning of 
her illness. She afterwards regarded herself as an 
invalid and nursed sickness. At the time of pu- 
berty the Moon was in Gemini in opposition to its 
place at birth. This excited the above mentioned 
square between the radical Moon and the Ascend- 
ant, it also caused the periods to be irregular and 
troublesome. The blood must have an outlet and 
the square of Neptune to Jupiter in Cancer, which 
rules the stomach, caused hemorrhages when the 
Moon came into conjunction with the Dragon's Tail 
in Sagittarius (the opposite sign to Gemini), and 
the radical square of the Ascendant and the Moon 
were again excited. Then, also the lungs became 
affected and the crises enumerated in the Chapter 
on Progression ended the life. 

As we feel that this cannot be reiterated too 
often, we repeat our injunction to students never to 
let a patient know that there is any danger or that 
there is a crisis ahead. Particularly, please remem- 
ber particularly, if it is a Virgo, for they have no 
chance at all if they know what is coming. 

Horoscope No. 16 shows the natal configuration 
of an actress. Sagittarius is rising; Jupiter and the 
Moon are in close conjunction in Gemini, a Mer- 
curial sign, they are supported by a trine of the 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 79 

Sun; thus she had a most healthy constitution at 
birth, so far as the lung power is concerned. Mars 
and Mercury are also in an airy sign, giving energy 
to respiration and it thus seems as if this person 
were singularly well fortified against pulmonary 
trouble. But Saturn, Neptune and the Dragon's 
Tail in Taurus in the 6th house, gives a tendency 
to colds and contraction of the throat. Uranus in 
Virgo produces convulsive movements of the dia- 
phragm and abdominal region ; he is square to Saturn 
in Taurus, and thus we see how graphically the 
Stellar Script pictures the tendency to convulsive 
coughing and hemorrhages which nearly brought 
the young lady to an early grave, when Mars, by 
progression, came into conjunction with the radical 
Sun and vivified the square to Saturn. We rejoice 
to say that the good aspects first mentioned, en- 
abled the young lady to weather the storm ; but close 
attention to diet, regular living, and above all abso- 
lute continence are required to regain full physical 
strength, for there is much evidence to show that 
license played an important part in reducing the life 
forces and robbing her of the needed strength at 
the critical period. 

DISEASES OF THE STOMACH 

Horoscope No. 17 presents a number of diseases, 
but all have their root in an insatiable appetite fos- 
tered by the fact that the person is a professional 
chef. Venus in Taurus gives good taste in food, 
and the sextile to Mercury in Cancer causes the 
mind to run in the direction of preparations where- 
with to tickle the palate. But the Moon being ruler 
of Cancer, the rising sign, which has dominion over 
the stomach, shows that this over indulgence of 
the appetite will result disastrously. The distended 
stomach presses upon the heart of which the Sun, 
our life giver, is ruler. This planet is in Gemini — 
the sign which has dominion over the lungs — and 
square to Mars in Pisces. Mars rules the iron in 
the blood and the Sun gives us oxygen; thus this 



80 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

square shows that the blood will lack in that life 
giying element. The conjunction of the Sun with 
Uranus in Gemini produces spasmodic motion of 
the lungs and labored inspiration to obtain sufficient 
Oxygen wherewith to nourish the system; thus we 
have the condition called Asthma. Saturn and Jupi- 
ter are in Virgo which rules the abdomen, square 
to the Sun and Uranus in Gemini, showing lack of 
circulation and a tendency to ulcerous growths; 
and there is a general lack of nutrition in the whole 
system because of the great energy required to elim- 
inate waste from the enormous quantities of food 
which this person consumes. Sad to say, however, 
persons in that occupation protest that they can- 
not help tasting, and that in spite of all ills they 
must eat to excess. It were wiser, of course, to 
seek another profession and train the system to 
moderation. 

In horoscope No. 18, we have the natal configura- 
tions of another chef, they are similar to those de- 
lineated in No. 17.. Cancer, the sign of the stomach, 
is rising, with Mars and the Sun close to the Ascend- 
ant; thus the forces of this individual will be di- 
rected principally toward the stomach, and the op- 
position of the Moon shows disastrous results which 
eventually resulted from gratifying his ravenous ap- 
petite. The Sun is Life and Motion, Mars is dyna- 
mic energy, and the excessive activity centered in 
the stomach to take care of digestion, causes this 
organ to be inflamed. Nature is not a jerry builder, 
she builds substantially and well, or our bodies 
could never stand the abuse we give them as well 
as they do; but even the healthiest organism must 
give way in time under such dreadful strain. As 
indicated by the Sun and Mars, an ulcer developed 
from the heat, it ate through the stomach and re- 
lieved the poor soul from its misused body. Nep- 
tune in Taurus, the sign of the palate, was of course 
also a contributing factor. It is not to be supposed 
however, that any one who has Cancer rising or 
many planets in Cancer, is necessarily going to die 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 81 

of the disease to which that name has been given; 
but it would be the part of wisdom to train children 
with such afflictions to abstain from over eating, 
for it is a truism that more people die from over 
eating than from starvation. 

DISEASES OF THE HEART 

As the heart is the seat of physical life, its nat- 
ural ruler is the Sun and the solar sign Leo. But it 
is a mistake to think that palpitation of the heart 
is necessarily shown by an affliction to the sign Leo. 
Indeed, there are many cases where over indulgence 
of the appetite indicated by the sign Cancer distends 
the stomach, which presses upon the heart produc- 
ing what the person then believes to be heart trou- 
ble. This was the case in horoscopes No. 17 and 
18, both believed their heart trouble to be the primal 
cause of the illness under which they were suffering; 
while in reality it was only one of the effects. 

But No. 3 shows a case of organic weakness of 
the heart. The Sun is at home in the fixed sign 
Leo and receives a square from Saturn the reaper; 
thus it is evident that the heart was a weak link in 
the constitution and would cause trouble in time, 
unless care was taken. Unfortunately, of course, 
parents knew less of Astrology a generation ago 
than today, when the science is coming to the fore. 
The energy, of which this horoscope is full, was al- 
lowed to spend itself unrestrained with no thought 
given to coming disaster. 

Venus and Jupiter, the planets ruling the venous 
and arterial circulation, are in opposition. Venus is 
in Gemini the sign of the lungs; when the Sun pro- 
gressed to the square of Venus radical place, and 
Uranus, transited the sixth house, illness began, 
breathing became labored as indicated by the square 
of the life giver to the lungs. Uranus in opposition 
tojiis natal place in Cancer, produced the convuls- 
ive movement known as a stomach cough, and thus 
for years this illness robbed the man of vital energy, 
but these afflictions passed and because of atten- 



82 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

tion to right living the system has been left none 
the worse for the experience. Moreover, the suffer- 
ing of the soul has resulted in growth that might 
not otherwise have obtained. 

Horoscope No. 19 shows another case of heart 
disease. The Sun and Neptune are conjunct in the 
8th house, in opposition to Mars. As this conjunc- 
tion is in the sign Gemini and in the house of death, 
it is easy to see the portent. The dynamic energy of 
Mars which tears everything to pieces, accelerates 
motion, etc., causes palpitation. The Sun and Nep- 
tune in Gemini show a likelihood of a hemorrhage 
of the lungs, resulting from over activity of the 
vital organ. The Moon and Saturn in Leo show 
the obstructed passage of the blood, for the keynote 
of Saturn is obstruction and retardation; thus the 
valves of the heart become leaky and the backward 
flow of the blood called regurgitation takes place. 

Leo also rules the spinal cord and malefic con- 
figurations there may produce hunchbacks and kin- 
dred disabilities. 

Horoscope No. 20 is the figure of a beautiful boy, 
well formed and healthy who became afflicted with 
curvature of the spine. Here we find the Moon in 
conjunction with the Dragon's Tail in the 12th 
house, square to Saturn and Uranus in Scorpio. At 
five and one-half years of age the Moon had pro- 
gressed to the square of its own place this and the 
conjunction with Saturn and Uranus in Scorpio, 
brought on his affliction. After enduring eight years 
of torture, he died, having been taken from one free 
dispensary to another and used by the doctors to 
practice on. Each doctor tried a new cure. He was 
in plaster casts for years but to no purpose. The 
mother is represented by Uranus in conjunction 
with Mars, careless and of dissolute habits; she was 
glad of the opportunity to place the boy some- 
where in order to shirk responsibility of caring for 
him. The boy died when the Moon had progressed 
to an opposition of its own place, it was also then 
in square to Uranus and Saturn. 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 83 

DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS 

The kidneys are ruled by Libra and Scorpio 
both. That is to say, the functional activity of se- 
cretion of urine comes under Libra; but the parts 
through which elimination takes place are ruled by 
Scorpio. Renal stones and gravel would result 
from an affliction to Scorpio, for they are formed in 
the peduncle of the kidney. Diseases of the ureters 
and urethra are under Scorpio. 

Horoscopes No. 3 and 21 are examples of how 
the stars indicate diseases of the kidneys. In both 
cases Saturn is in an angle and square to the Sun. 
He is in his sign of exaltation : Libra, which rules 
the kidneys, is also elevated. This latter point 
may not be apparent to beginners who look at No. 
3 and find Saturn, as they would say, down in the 
fourth house, but the Nadir of the birth place is 
Midheaven or Zenith of an opposite point on the 
earth, and planets in either of these points are found 
to have a greater power. 

In the two examples mentioned, Saturn, the 
planet of obstruction, prevents secretion of urine 
but does not interfere with elimination of that 
which has been secreted. But in horoscope No. 8, 
where he is posited in the sign Scorpio square to 
Mercury, we have a case where the formation of 
gravel and renal stones is foreshown by the stars at 
birth. A person with such a configuration ought to 
be extremely careful not to drink hard water, for 
this may cause a painful ailment. Only filtered 
water should be used for purposes of cooking and 
drinking. Sour mlik, butter milk and grape juice 
are great solvents. We may further say that boil- 
ing water will not soften it, and the fur which 
gathers in a tea kettle, where hard water has been 
boiled, is no evidence to the contrary, for that scaly 
formation was obtained from the water which evap- 
orated; what remains in the tea kettle for use is 
as hard as ever. 

In horoscope No. 7 we find Saturn in Scorpio 
square to Mars. Saturn produces the obstruction 



84 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 

of the blood known as hemorrhoids, and the dyn- 
amic energy of Mars causes rupture of the congested 
places ; thus we have the painful bleeding well known 
to so many sufferers. As a secondary result consti- 
pation adds to the malady, because persons af- 
flicted with the first named disease shrink from the 
added pain of the stool, and do not respond to na- 
ture's call. A prolonged rest seems to be the only 
physical means which is really effective. Nature, 
however, will be very much aided by proper osteo- 
pathic manipulations, and a diet consisting prin- 
cipally of milk. 

HIP DISEASE 
Sagittarius rising, or in the 6th or 12th houses, 
is responsible for broken bones and accidents. Un- 
det the chapter on the Dragon's Tail we saw how 
the person described in horoscope No. 6 fell upon 
the ice and broke her hip. No. 21 has even stronger 
indications of accidents and probably the life will 
end in an untoward manner. Sagittarius is rising. 
Saturn is exalted in the Midheaven exactly square 
to the Sun; and Neptune is elevated at the Nadir 
also squaring the Moon; thus both luminaries are 
afflicted. As the Sun is lord of the house of death 
these auguries presage an untimely end. The only 
hope lies in the sextile of Jupiter to the Sun which 
gives hair breadth escapes. This gentleman's life 
has been jeopardized many times in railway wrecks, 
automobile accidents, etc. ; but although he has thus 
been near the gate of death many times, the bene- 
fic ray of Jupiter has so far preserved his life and no 
bones have yet been broken. The lady described 
in horoscope No. 22 has not been so fortunate, her 
arms and limbs have been accidentally broken sev- 
eral times, for Mars and the Moon are in Sagittari- 
us in the 12th house, also in opposition to Jupiter. 
The Sun and Mercury are in the 8th house in oppo- 
sition to Neptune and these planets square the first 
mentioned positions. Saturn, her ruler, is square to 
Venus so that she attracts accidents and never 
escapes being hurt. 



THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 85 

As we have already spoken of afflictions con- 
nected with the generative organ when we con- 
sidered horoscopes No. 9, 10, 11, 13, we will omit 
further mention of that subject. 

DISEASES OF THE LIMBS 

In horoscope No. 7 we find Mars in Aquarius 
square to Saturn, and from this affliction it is 
evident that there is an obstruction of the blood 
in the lower limbs, usually known as varicose veins. 
Horoscope No. 17 shows Mars in the sign Pisces 
in opposition to Saturn and Jupiter. It is the 
nature of Saturn to obstruct, and his conjunction 
with Jupiter shows that the circulation is poor. 
Mars in Pisces produces heat, inflammation and 
swelling of the feet, because of the stagnated blood. 
We have already seen that the person there de- 
scribed is gluttonously inclined, and therefore, it 
is no wonder that stagnation of the blood produces 
such painful afflictions as indicated by these con- 
figurations. The remedy, of course, is self evident, 
it is moderation. 

We have now given an exposition of the methods 
we use in diagnosis of disease. This we trust will 
enable the student to work out the subject for him- 
self or herself in greater detail. And as he or she 
uses it unselfishly to aid suffering human beings, the 
spiritual qualities will be developed in each so that 
the Message of the Stars revealed in each horoscope 
will be as an open book. Thus used, this wonderful 
science will aid him or her to lay up treasures in 
heaven, as nothing else in the world can do. And 
we pray God, that this little book may be the 
means of fostering soul growth in all. who aspire to 
follow the dual commandment of Christ: 

"Preach the Gos pe l and Heal the Sick." 

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